The Akron Story Circle Project: Rethinking Race in Classroom and Community 1st Edition Carolyn Behrman

The Akron Story Circle Project: Rethinking Race in Classroom and Community – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9781629220529,1629220523

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1629220523
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1629220529
• Author(s): Carolyn Behrman; Bill Lyons; Patricia Hill; James Slowiak

Cultures around the world have long employed storytelling to transmit important values and beliefs and to build community. Further, some research has indicated that individuals retain more from stories than other forms of information transmission like lectures. The pedagogical use of storytelling might have even more relevance in our digital society in which communication is shorter and less personal.Using ideas and practices generated by John O’Neal and Theresa Holden through their Color Line Project, several faculty members at the University of Akron began a storytelling project coinciding with Akron’s “Rethinking Race” event. The project brought together an intergenerational and intercultural group of students, community members, and other parties on an equal playing field, allowing participants to operate as co-creators of a community’s consciousness. The interactions brought a level of understanding about race that could not have been achieved in isolation. Moreover, the conversations, the stories, resulted in rich new avenues of academic engagement and extended artistic projects.This book is part user’s manual and part users’ stories. Mostly, it is the tale of a journey. Unlike a traditional classroom, in which an instructor has control, stories can veer anywhere, which can be a risky proposition.

Table contents:

Contents
Foreword: The Pinnacle of the Color Line Project
Introduction
Teaching about Racial Conflict with Story Circles
Let My Story Speak for Me: Story Circles as a Critical Pedagogical Tool
The Story Circle Method and the Social Science Toolkit
Once Upon a Time: Story Circles and Public Art in Cascade Village
Story Circles: A Powerful Tool in the Multifaceted Toolkit for Addressing Race in University Cocurricular Programing
The Akron Color Line Project Performance: (Drawn from the stories of people who live in Akron, Ohio)
Concluding Thoughts: Storytelling and Democracy

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