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Reflection
Unveiling Perspectives: Decolonising and Diversifying in Fine Arts at UAL Image: cambridgeinsights.co.uk In this section, I will review the methodology for my research: My discussion with my supervisor revealed that the research method leaned toward convenience sampling. That means I randomly sampled from the pool of Fine Art students instead of randomly picking respondents from…
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Findings, Survey Analysis and Conclusion
This page gives the final analysis of the survey. See the bottom of the page for all for survey data. The data highlighted three associations – 67% of the students were from the first year, 80% were Asian students, and 60% had never heard of decolonisation. My aim for this research was to establish ways…
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Incentives
Unveiling Perspectives: Decolonising and Diversifying in Fine Arts at UAL
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Methodology – Survey Design and Distribution
Unveiling Perspectives: Decolonising and Diversifying in Fine Arts at UAL Image: Relevant Insights I opted for a (quantitative) questionnaire format to survey the research for several reasons. Twenty of the questions are closed-ended and the last four open-ended. I wanted to standardise the process. The questions will have the same format and instructions for all…
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Ethics
Unveiling Perspectives: Decolonising and Diversifying in Fine Arts at UAL Image: Justyna Stasik As an artist, academic and researcher, I am responsible for surveying with ethics in mind. Kelley, K., Clark, B., Brown, V. and Sitzia, J. (2003) state, ‘Two important ethical issues to adhere to when conducting a survey are confidentiality and informed consent’.…
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Rationale and Positionality Unveiling Perspectives: Decolonising and Diversifying in Fine Arts at UAL
Image: Decolonising and Diversifying the Curriculum with OER “For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change…I urge each one of us here to reach down into that deep place of…
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A Pedagogy of Social Justice Education: Social Identity Theory, Intersectionality, and Empowerment
The article by Hahn Tappers on social justice education is written sagaciously; it articulates the difference between the social justice theory by Henri Tajfel (1979) et al. and Freires’ ideas on the same concept.Tapper enunciates social justice in education as one of the constructions of social justice education that speaks of ‘the disparities in societal opportunities, resources, and…
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Witness: unconscious bias
Witness: unconscious bias This video is only two minutes and twenty-seven seconds, and Dr Josephine Kwhali makes poignant and compendious points on ‘unconscious bias’ and how it is placed as a “get-out-of-jail-free card” for many. As a black woman, the video was neither shocking nor surprising to hear her comments. Unconscious biases are learned stereotypes…
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The Room of Silence
The video was too real and triggering for me to watch. It transported me to my first encounter with my art and design journey in the foundation course. I was the only black person on the course. I remember the pernicious silence about my work that dealt with identity at the time. The lack of…
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Inclusive Practice Faith
Faith in Universities Image: World Religions The terms of reference provided by SoN on Faith have been sagacious as it sits with diversity and intersectionality. As suggested by Kwame Anthony Appiah, religion/Faith is not static – it is forever shifting with time and geographical location. My positionality religion/Faith has been an aggregation – baptised as a…