Teaching whiteness: A dialogue on embodied and affective approaches. Issue 3 (23rd February 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Park, Jane Chi Hyun; Tomkins, Sara
• Is Part Of: Educational philosophy and theory. Volume 53:Issue 3(2021)
• Page Start: 288
• Page End: 297
• Publication Date: 2021-02-23
• Subjects: teaching -- feminist pedagogy -- whiteness -- critical race studies -- dialogue; Education -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; Teaching -- Periodicals; Éducation; Philosophie de l'éducation; Théorie de l'éducation; Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 370.1
• DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2020.1772756
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0013-1857

Abstract

Abstract: 'Representing Race and Gender' was the first course in the undergraduate curriculum of the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney to foreground race. This paper provides a critical reflection of our embodied and affective experiences teaching this course as women of different racial and cultural backgrounds (Korean American and Anglo Australian). We draw on feminist pedagogies to illuminate the strategic ways we have performed our own intersectional identities in lecture and tutorial spaces. In particular we focus on the different ways we have approached and taught material on whiteness and white privilege and how students of various backgrounds have responded to the same material when it is taught by a white or non-white lecturer. Through this discussion, we think through how 'Representing Race and Gender' functions as a space where pedagogical decisions and approaches are inextricably linked to our goal of developing students' capacities for engaging with racial difference and racism in critically conscious ways that extend beyond the classroom.