Category: Inclusive Practice

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

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

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

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

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

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

BBC 4 Kwame Anthony Appiah – Mistaken Identities on Creed Transcript of the lecture Keywords: Orthopraxy, Creed I found this lecture very interesting to listen to. I am from a Buddhist- Hindu religion but what I take away from my religion[s] (or more of my tradition/ background) is to do good to others and to… Continue reading Blog Task 2 Faith – Creed and Religion in Britain: Challenges for Higher Education

Interview with Rahul Patel I read the interview with Rahul Patel – and it was a very interesting piece to read. Rahul Patel is a researcher in contemporary art history and theory. Rahul also designs and curates exhibitions. I share a similar narrative to Rahul. I grew up in a Hindu and Buddhist household. I… Continue reading Blog Task 2, Faith- Higher Power: Religion, Faith, Spirituality & Belief

How can I share or address religion, belief and faith in my practice? During the lecture ‘Decolonising Higher Education’, Dr Tran, Dr Idowu, B. and Kibirige, N explained that decolonising means creating a culture of talking about uncomfortable subjects and the value of embracing that discomfort. They further shared about the value of different knowledge… Continue reading Blog Task 2: Religion, Belief and Faith identities

“Active listening is always necessary because it creates empathy, not pity” (Jhinuk Sakar, 2020). This is the journal/ TOR that I remember looking through once upon a time when I was interning/ working at Shades of Noir. As I read it today, I reflect upon my own knowledge, experience and understanding (and the lack of… Continue reading Blog Task 1: Disabled people: The voice of many