ERIC Number: EJ934007
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0002-4805
Creepy White Gaze: Rethinking the Diorama as a Pedagogical Activity
Sterzuk, Andrea; Mulholland, Valerie
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v57 n1 p16-27 Spr 2011
Drawing on gaze and postcolonial theory, this article provides a theoretical discussion of a problematic photograph published in a provincial teachers' newsletter. The photo consists of a White settler child and two White settler educators gathered around his heritage fair entry diorama entitled "Great Plains Indians." This article analyzes this image to gain a better understanding of how curriculum and pedagogical activities work discursively to produce dominant and dominated racial positions in Saskatchewan.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Photography, Foreign Policy, Critical Theory, Racial Relations, Canada Natives, Whites, Curriculum, Educational Environment, Power Structure, Racial Attitudes, Teachers
University of Alberta, Faculty of Education. 845 Education Centre South, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G5, Canada. Tel: 780-492-7941; Fax: 780-492-0236; Web site: http://www.education.ualberta.ca/educ/journals/ajer.html
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Great Plains (North); Saskatchewan

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