The UTLC is excited to announce the publication of a new edited volume from Vernon Press. It is titled IGNITE: A Decolonial Approach to Higher Education through Space, Place and Culture. Dr. Laura Pipe, director of Leading Innovations and Pedagogy, edited the volume with Dr. Jennifer Stephens of Elon University. It features the work of Dr. DeAnne Brooks, director of graduate studies in kinesiology, Augusto Peña, director of Intercultural Engagement, and recent UNCG graduates, alongside prominent researchers, storytellers, activists, and artists.
Through an exploration of justice-forward approaches that call for a blend of equity and culturally-responsive pedagogies with experiential approaches to learning, this edited book examines the process of unlinking colonizing structures from teaching and learning through honoring the context of space, place, and culture in the learning process.
Framed by the Toward a Liberated Learning Spirit (TALLS) Model for Developing Critical Consciousness, this book will be of interest to students, scholars, and researchers in higher education as well as critical and cultural studies, apart from program administrators and educators. It will carry the reader through a learning process beginning with academic detachment and moving through a process of unlearning toward embodied liberation.
Early praise for the book from Dr. Angela Linse, Executive Director of the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence at Pennsylvania State University, states that “Each author brings to light structures, biases, and expectations deeply embedded in North American higher education. Particularly powerful are the chapters that discuss students’ experiences (past and present) in our in-person and virtual classrooms. Each chapter increased (ignited) my excitement to read the next. I am grateful to the authors for the opportunity to learn from them.”
