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UNINA9910820728203321 |
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Autore |
Behrman Carolyn |
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Titolo |
The Akron Story Circle Project : rethinking race in classroom and community / / Carolyn Behrman [and five others] |
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Akron, Ohio : , : The University Of Akron Press, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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ISBN |
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1-62922-054-X |
1-62922-053-1 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Storytelling - Social aspects - United States |
Storytelling - Political aspects - United States |
Storytelling - Ohio - Akron |
United States Race relations Study and teaching (Higher) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword / John O'Neal and Theresa Holden -- Introduction / James Slowiak -- Teaching about racial conflict with story circles / Bill Lyons -- Let my story speak for me : story circles as a critical pedagogical tool / Patricia S. Hill -- Story circles and the social science toolkit / Carolyn Behrman and Sandra Spickard Prettyman -- Once upon a time : story circles and public art in Cascade Village / Donna Webb -- Story circles : a powerful tool in the multifaceted toolkit for addressing race in university cocurricular programing / Amy Shriver Dreussi -- The Akron Color Line Project performance / James Slowiak -- Concluding thoughts: Storytelling and democracy. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"The Akron Story Circle Project documents an eight-year interdisciplinary effort to use story circles, developed by John O'Neal, as a pedagogical tool to engage faculty, students, and community members in thoughtful and serious conversations about race and racial conflict. In the process the authors learned about the incredible transformative power of storytelling in the classroom, on the stage, to spark artwork, and to deepen their understanding of the world we live in. In addition to being a unique collaboration among professors in art, |
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anthropology, theater, communication, and political science, the book itself--with extensive author comments in each chapter--is organized as an ongoing conversation that models curiosity and open-mindedness, rigorous analysis and the transformative value of our stories and of listening to others"--Provided by publisher. |
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