Decolonizing Approaches to Human Rights and Peace Education Curriculum

• In Event: Rethinking the Curriculum Toward Liberatory Peace Education

Abstract

The presentation will provide the basis for and outcomes of a qualitative study into the curricular approaches of human rights professors in the U.S. The significance of the research lies in its currency as an emerging critique of the fields of peace and human rights education and in the calls for greater attention to the impact of colonizing epistemologies within higher education. The presentation’s structure will include discussion of decolonial theory’s application to human rights and peace education, a brief overview of the methodology of the study, and the results of the study. The presentation will conclude with a close examination of the criteria for analyzing course curriculum and strategies for addressing macro- and micro-level barriers to a decolonized curriculum.

Author

• Danielle M. Aldawood, Community College of Baltimore County