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Rodney Brown’s paper explores the way in which the module has been transformed. Translating it into the language of dance is no different than teaching the module in Spanish or German or Xhosa. His work pushes us to see with new eyes, and when we can see with new eyes, we see that communication is not simply about words but also about vision. This is the purpose of Rodney’s story—to show us the HIV module choreographed as dance, as something new, innovative, and educational.
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Brown, R.A., Haniff, N.Z. (2022). A Clearing in the Woods: Translation and Ownership Aspects of the Pedagogy of Action, in a Dance Composer’s Idiomatic Language. In: Haniff, N.Z. (eds) The Pedagogy of Action. Neighborhoods, Communities, and Urban Marginality. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0801-9_12
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