Sharing Breath

Embodied Learning and Decolonization

Edited by Sheila Batacharya & Yuk-Lin Renita Wong
Categories: Education
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Paperback : 9781771991919, 408 pages, November 2018
Ebook (PDF) : 9781771991926, 408 pages, October 2018
Ebook (EPUB) : 9781771991933, 408 pages, October 2018
Ebook (Kindle) : 9781771991940, 408 pages, October 2018

Description

The field of embodiment theorizes bodies as knowledgeable in ways that include but are not solely cognitive. The contributors to this collection suggest developing embodied ways of teaching, learning, and knowing through embodied experiences such as yoga, mindfulness, illness, and trauma. Although the contributors challenge Western educational frameworks from within and beyond academic settings, they also acknowledge and draw attention to the incommensurability between decolonization and aspects of social justice projects in education. By addressing this tension ethically and deliberately, the contributors engage thoughtfully with decolonization and make a substantial, and sometimes unsettling, contribution to critical studies in education.