Decolonizing Education Research: 10th Anniversary Edition Celebration [Durham, NC]

$25.00

Class is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+

$25—includes one drink ticket good for beer/wine/NA options

$25--includes drink ticket

What does it mean to decolonize education and/or research? This workshop celebrates the 10th anniversary of a book that asks that very question. As a structure of US society, settler colonialism trains us to think in terms of property: ‘my research shows’ & ‘my informants reveal’ (for researchers), and ‘my classroom fosters’ & ‘these are my kids’ (for educators). What if we shift our relationship to students, to teaching, and to learning as one of being answerable? This workshop will explore these questions and guide attendees in how to enact answerable practices--led by a scholar invited to write one of eight response essays for the 2nd edition of Patel’s book.

While we will discuss concepts from throughout the book, we will focus on the closing chapter, with a pre-publication look at Sean’s response essay. Participants should come away from this evening with an actionable commitment toward decolonizing their approach to teaching, researching, and/or learning--in any context.

Suggested Materials

Sean D. Hernández Adkins, “Welcome to the decolonizing gathering”

Leigh Patel, “Beyond Social Justice”

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This class will take place in person in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.

Class is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+

$25—includes one drink ticket good for beer/wine/NA options

$25--includes drink ticket

What does it mean to decolonize education and/or research? This workshop celebrates the 10th anniversary of a book that asks that very question. As a structure of US society, settler colonialism trains us to think in terms of property: ‘my research shows’ & ‘my informants reveal’ (for researchers), and ‘my classroom fosters’ & ‘these are my kids’ (for educators). What if we shift our relationship to students, to teaching, and to learning as one of being answerable? This workshop will explore these questions and guide attendees in how to enact answerable practices--led by a scholar invited to write one of eight response essays for the 2nd edition of Patel’s book.

While we will discuss concepts from throughout the book, we will focus on the closing chapter, with a pre-publication look at Sean’s response essay. Participants should come away from this evening with an actionable commitment toward decolonizing their approach to teaching, researching, and/or learning--in any context.

Suggested Materials

Sean D. Hernández Adkins, “Welcome to the decolonizing gathering”

Leigh Patel, “Beyond Social Justice”

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This class will take place in person in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.