ERIC Number: EJ1179883
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1066-5684
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Indigenous Making and Sharing: Claywork in an Indigenous STEAM Program
Barajas-López, Filiberto; Bang, Megan
Equity & Excellence in Education, v51 n1 p7-20 2018
In this article we expand on ideas of making and maker spaces to develop Indigenous making and sharing. We draw from an ArtScience participatory design project that involved Indigenous youth, families, community artists, and scientists in a summer Indigenous STEAM program designed to cultivate social and ecologically just nature-culture relations grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and making. In this article we focus specifically on clay making and the ways in which onto-epistemic heterogeneity can be engaged to create transformative maker spaces. We present findings from an analysis of the pedagogies of walking, observing and talking lands and waters to outline principles of Indigenous making and sharing in youth-based learning environments.
Descriptors: Shared Resources and Services, Teaching Methods, STEM Education, Art Education, Indigenous Populations, Community Programs, Artists, Scientists, Summer Programs, Family Involvement, Ecology, Natural Resources, Cultural Influences, Social Influences, Indigenous Knowledge, Art Activities, Youth Programs, Interviews, Video Technology, Audio Equipment, Story Telling, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mexican Americans
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL)
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Identifiers - Location: Washington
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1348462