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Paper 1: ‘We don’t do God’? the changing nature of public religion. By Professor Tariq Modood This paper outlines ‘the changing nature of of public religion and secularism’,(Calhoun and Modood, 2015) hi-lighting the different approaches to and extents of secularism across Europe. I was particularly interested in the section entitled ‘Changes in religious demography’. While …
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BBC Reith Lecture, 2016 In the first Reith Lecture of 2016 ‘Creed’ Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah explores religion and its role in identity. Appiah challenges the notion that we can only understand religion through an idea of belief and adherence based on religious texts. This seems reductive when he outlines the role of practice and …
(UAL website) ‘what does diversity of religion and belief mean for the way we teach and support students at UAL?’ I reflected on this question while exploring the resources available via: https://religiousliteracy.myblog.arts.ac.uk I particularly liked: One of My Kind (OOMK), a linked zine comprising the work of women exploring faith, activism and identity. How could I apply …
Jerron Herman, Kinetic Light, New York City. Disabled People: The Voices of Many Published on Aug 12, 2020 In American Practitioner Jerron Herman, an ‘interdisciplinary artist creating through dance, text and visual storytelling’, poetically describes his practice and perspective. In three sections; ‘Naming’, ‘Organize’, ‘..and the Holy Ghost’ Herman illuminates the transcendent potential of ‘crip’ …
Christine Sun Kim’s film focuses on ‘reclaiming ownership’ of sound. By creating installation and performance which translates sound into kinetic and visual forms CK beautifully explores and challenges the proprietorship of sound by those who can hear. As CK discusses her work through sub-titled sign language she refers to experiences growing up where she felt …
I am a 31 year old, white, British, cisgender woman. I don’t consider myself aligned with any prescribed sexual orientation but only have experience of relationships with men. I live on a relatively low income in a shared house in London. I come from a middleclass background, although I am the only member of my …
My Microteach session exemplified an exercise I would do with students on an Insights course. It’s based on an activity I would build in at the beginning of a session, encompassing inclusive teaching and active participation principles. I find a quick drawing tasks work well as ice breakers, encourage students to approach mark-making in different …
Dilesh drew comparisons between their experience of studying at CSM with the experience they think they could have had at the Slade. Describing how the two buildings made them feel, Dilesh mentioned the sense of coming together fo ‘students from every quarter’ at UCL compared with a more false sense of exchange represented by glass …
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At the centre of the article is a comparison between reflective assignments, as a means of charting learning and development, with the dramatic arc of a ‘star in the making’ on reality TV. Macfarlane and Gourlay delineate the prescribed stages of a student teachers reflective journey. Moving through; a penitent admission of our failings, to …
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Today we considered giving and receiving Feedback, particularly in the online environment. We first reflected on Performing to an Invisible Audience a video by Hattie Walker and Helen King. The video focused on the performative nature of teaching in the online space. Walker offered practical tips on how to foster authenticity and engagement in online …