Slide 1: context/ my background – I am Suprina, a designer and a storyteller focusing on identity, the representation of women of colour, and the effects of patriarchy. I also am a freelance workshop host/ facilitator where I have done workshops around the importance of lived experiences and diverse narratives. Slide 2: What is the… Continue reading ARP Presentation notes with research
Author: Suprina Gurung
Research methods: organising and considerations
Reading: How to… organise a focus group What I had expected when thinking about structuring a focus group? While I sent out the questionnaire to the students, only one student responded to take part in the focus group. Initially, I had pictured I will be able to find/ recruit at least 4-5 students to take… Continue reading Research methods: organising and considerations
Why is a diverse reference list important?
Note: Diverse references enable: Cultural engagement Challenges perspectives Decenter whiteness Diverse perspectives enable knowledge to be shared, to be learned. Students want to see themselves. According to Sabri (2015), students produce work that doesn’t resonate with them because they don’t meet the tutor’s ‘aesthetic’. In an interview with artist Demelza Woodbridge for the Shades of… Continue reading Why is a diverse reference list important?
Initial ideas – What is an ARP?
I think I am stuck with what to actually present. My unease lies in not being a teacher who has students. Let’s develop the questions for now – what do I feel strongly about? narrowing it down – why does this topic matter to me? How does this link to social justice? Past student experience,… Continue reading Initial ideas – What is an ARP?
Reflective Report
Reflective Report: A Difference in Narrative Word count: 1,543 The artefact* The artefact that I have chosen is my own short written piece titled, The smell of home. The piece touches upon the subject of my identity, narrative, culture and the ‘white norm’. This artefact will be used in a micro teach session where students… Continue reading Reflective Report
Blog 3 Race: Retention and attainment in the disciplines: Art and Design by Terry Finnigan and Aisha Richards
This report considers the retention and attainment of diverse students within the field of Arts and Design. This resource also includes intervention to bring change in students’ experience as it is evident that students from different backgrounds tend to ‘become more or less vulnerable to withdrawal and low attainment.’ (Finigan and Richards, 2016) This report… Continue reading Blog 3 Race: Retention and attainment in the disciplines: Art and Design by Terry Finnigan and Aisha Richards
Blog 3 Race: A Pedagogy of Social Justice Education: Social Identity Theory, Intersectionality, and Empowerment
Hahn Tapper’s paper ‘A Pedagogy of Social Justice Education: Social Identity Theory, Intersectionality, and Empowerment’ was very insightful. In this read, one of the main aims is to empower participants to engage in social justice activism through their education. Tapper discusses the term social justice education – one of the meanings/forms of social justice education… Continue reading Blog 3 Race: A Pedagogy of Social Justice Education: Social Identity Theory, Intersectionality, and Empowerment
Blog Task 3 Race: Shades of Noir
The Shades of Noir website has immense and diverse voices that cover very needed subjects that are often overlooked/ not given a platform. As a former part of the Shades’ content team, what I really loved were the weekly updates – this meant that different voices from different backgrounds were getting published. The content spoke… Continue reading Blog Task 3 Race: Shades of Noir
Blog Task 3, Race: Witness Unconscious Bias
In this video, Dr Josephine Kwhali questions the concept of Unconscious Bias. “After years of anti-racist debate, policies and strategies… if it is still unconscious then it is very worrying about what it will take for the unconscious to become conscious.” Dr Kwhali states that institutions have made some changes that support white middle-class women,… Continue reading Blog Task 3, Race: Witness Unconscious Bias
Blog Task 3: Peekaboo We See You: Whiteness – Interviews: Ellen Jones
This piece of the interview was very refreshing to read. Very often I have been/ still am surrounded by people who are ignorant and choose to not think about their white privileges. While I understand the conversation of race/ racism is uncomfortable to many, having a lived experience of countless racial abuse I can say… Continue reading Blog Task 3: Peekaboo We See You: Whiteness – Interviews: Ellen Jones