Land as Pedagogy in the Virtual World

• In Event: Roundtable Session 31
  In Roundtable Session: Indigenous Research and Praxis in Diverse Democracies

Abstract

The authors focus on the ways Land-centred approaches to education were applied in face-to-face and e-learning environments. They provide an overview of course development and design, as well as explore student responses to growing understandings of Land as pedagogy in virtual contexts. Authors also consider ways literacies and pedagogies of land do and do not get translated into virtual spaces. Focusing on the ways land-centred approaches are decolonizing praxis ground and serve to privilege and position Indigenous knowledges. Authors explore the ways Land as pedagogy promotes resistance to mainstream methods by infusing understandings of Land in both face-to-face and virtual interactions opening up opportunities to explore various ways of knowing for all educators, particularly anyone working in Indigenous educational contexts.

Authors

• Sandra Styres, University of Toronto - OISE

• Dawn Michelle Zinga, Brock University