Potlatch as Pedagogy - Learning Through Ceremony

Inclusive, education, indigenous knowledge, indigenous perspectives

About the author

Sara Florence Davidson (she/her) is a Haida/Settler Assistant Professor in Indigenous Education in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. Previously, she was an educator working with adolescents in the K-12 system in British Columbia and Yukon Territory. Sara is the co-author of Potlatch as Pedagogy: Learning through Ceremony­, which she wrote with her father, and Magical Beings of Haida Gwaii, which she wrote with her stepmother, Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson.

When she is not reading or writing, Sara can be found walking with her dog, drinking tea, or listening to stories and learning something new.

Summary

Banned for 67 years by the Canadian government, the potlatch is the foundational ceremony of the Haida people. Inspired by these traditions, educator Sara Florence Davidson and renowned artist Robert Davidson present a model for learning that is holistic, relational, practical, and continuous.

Foreword

Based on the potlatch, the foundational ceremony of the Haida people, Potlatch as Pedagogy presents a model for learning that is holistic, relational, practical, and continuous.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Davidson, Sara Davidson, Sara Florence Davidson
• Assisted by: Jo-Ann Archibald (Foreword)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781553797739
• ISBN: 978-1-55379-773-9
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 229 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 249 g
• Series: Learning Through Ceremony; Learning Through Ceremony
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Ethnic Studies, Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie, Education / Teaching, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education