The Craftivist Classroom: Embodied Approaches to CESL with Bordeamos por la Paz
This article is a reflection on the potential of craftivist pedagogies to disrupt the neoliberal university model and work towards building international solidarity networks. It offers a case study centered on the incorporation of the craftivist collective Bordeamos por la Paz into two distinct US-b...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad de Los Andes
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Hart |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/doi/full/10.25025/hart06.2020.11 |
| Summary: | This article is a reflection on the potential of craftivist pedagogies to disrupt the neoliberal university model and work towards building international solidarity networks. It offers a case study centered on the incorporation of the craftivist collective Bordeamos por la Paz into two distinct US-based classrooms and disciplines: Art History and Latin American Studies. Part of a nationwide, yet grassroots movement in Mexico, Bordeamos works to memorialize victims of disappearance and violence through the collective creation of hand embroidered panels. Reflecting on the shared experience of crafting a community-engaged service-learning (CESL) curriculum with Bordeamos, we advocate for the ways these courses enabled a space of civic responsibility rooted in embodied knowledge and “being with” in order to resist replicating problematic power dynamics. |
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| ISSN: | 2539-2263 2590-9126 |