Recentering Stories in a Postcolonial Context: Theorizing Narratives of the Windrush Generation for Curriculum-Making Conversations

• In Event: Curriculums of Place and Identity

Abstract

For curriculum making in a particular place to contribute to the holistic development of a people it must consider the historical peculiarities of that place and its people. Such peculiarities include how power is used to silence voices and knowledge that shape identity and belongingness of people who were once colonized. The Windrush British political scandal of 2018 called into question the belongingness and identity of a group of Jamaicans who travelled to Britain during 1948-1971. Through an analysis of newspaper clippings of their stories, this study sought to explore what meanings these stories hold for creating interesting, engaging, and challenging educational encounters for students. In this way curriculum making draws upon the social, historical, and cultural context of students.

Authors

• Hope Antoinette Mayne, University of Technology - Jamaica
  Presenting Author

• Carmel Geneva Roofe, University of the West Indies - Mona Campus
  Presenting Author

• Tamekia Green-Mitchell, The Mico University
  Presenting Author