Conditions for Change: A Pedagogical Cypher

Transformative Learning in the Humanities

This event is part of TLH's Spring 2021 series on active and participatory learning

&quot;Conditions for Change: A Pedagogical Cypher,&quot; an interactive workshop, engages faculty and students in structures that support trusting socially just classrooms. As Cathy Davidson writes, “You cannot counter structural inequality with good will. You have to structure equality.” One structure Conditions for Change uses is an Africanist socio-political tool- the cypher or bantaba. Embracing the philosophy of the circle - see all and welcome being seen by all - showcases possibilities for non-hierarchical learning systems within academic spaces. Other workshop structures will call upon experiences with Bohmian Dialogue Circles, Onye Ozuzu’s Technology of the Circle and Lois Weaver’s Long Table.Conducted remotely, the 90-minute workshop will encourage a conversation between technological tools and embodied learning. Participants will engage in physical and artistic exploration; design structures for varied curricula; dialogue in breakouts; and reflect on learning across disciplines. They will be asked to reimagine the frontal orientation of the screen into a 360 degree worldview, one that can hold peripheral perspectives and seek out differences within a community. Hunter Dance faculty colleagues Quilan Arnold and Jessica Nicoll, collaborating with students Esther Nozea, Ashley Bethea and Kayla Smith, will facilitate processes to help attendees address areas of interest within and beyond the arts and humanities.Arnold and Nicoll, representing different dance traditions, share a commitment to increasing student leadership and challenging hierarchical assumptions. Recognizing that “teachers cannot create the conditions for change unless those conditions exist for them” they foster environments in which all members of a community learn from—and change with—each other.

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