Overview
- Foregrounds the ideas and voices of indigenous peoples and cultural minorities
- Includes contributions from leading writers and theorists in the fields of indigeneity, psychology, decolonization, and education
- Draws on the concepts of soul, body and mind in regards to the reemergence of spirit and decolonial potentialities
Part of the book series: Spirituality, Religion, and Education (SPRE)
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This multidisciplinary collection probes ways in which emerging and established scholars perceive and theorize decolonization and resistance in their own fields of work, from education to political and social studies, to psychology, medicine, and beyond. In this time of renewed global spiritual awakening, indigenous communities are revisiting ways of knowing and evoking theories of resistance informed by communal theories of solidarity. Using an intersectional lens, chapter authors present or imagine modes of solidarity, resistance, and political action that subvert colonial and neocolonial formations. Placing emphasis on the importance of theorizing the spirit, a discourse that is deeply embedded in our unique cultures and ancestries, this book is able to capture and better understand these moments and processes of spiritual emergence/re-emergence.
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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“This is a readable and highly stimulating volume. It will be of interest to those from a range of spiritual backgrounds, particularly those concerned to deepen the connection between spirituality and the transformation of society. Its central message, that the human spirit cannot be colonised, is powerfully and poignantly articulated.” (Paul Hess, Black Theology, December 3, 2020)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Njoki Nathani Wane is Chair of the Department of Social Justice Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto, Canada. Wane’s research interests include African Indigenous knowledges, spirituality, anti-colonial, decolonial, and decolonization theory.
Miglena S. Todorova is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Justice Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto, Canada. She is also the Director of the Centre for Media and Culture in Education at OISE.
Kimberly L. Todd is a PhD candidate in Department of Social Justice Education at the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto, Canada. Todd’s research interests include teacher Praxis and education, decolonization, Indigenous epistemologies, dreaming, and spiritual knowledges.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Decolonizing the Spirit in Education and Beyond
Book Subtitle: Resistance and Solidarity
Editors: Njoki Nathani Wane, Miglena S. Todorova, Kimberly L. Todd
Series Title: Spirituality, Religion, and Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25320-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25319-6Published: 19 December 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25322-6Published: 17 January 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-25320-2Published: 14 December 2019
Series ISSN: 2629-365X
Series E-ISSN: 2629-3668
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 237
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Religion and Education, Spirituality, Educational Philosophy