Ubuntu as Dance Pedagogy in Uganda

Individuality, Community, and Inclusion in Teaching and Learning of Indigenous Dances

Alfdaniels Mabingo (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2021 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-15-5846-7 (ISBN)

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This book locates the philosophy of Ubuntu as the undergirding framework for indigenous dance pedagogies in local communities in Uganda. Through critical examination of the reflections and practices of selected local dance teachers, the volume reveals how issues of inclusion, belonging, and agency are negotiated through a creatively complex interplay between individuality and communality. The analysis frames pedagogies as sites where reflective thought and kinaesthetic practice converge to facilitate ever-evolving individual imagination and community innovations.

Alfdaniels Mabingo is a dance researcher, scholar, performer and educator from Uganda. A Fulbright alumnus, he received his Ph.D. in Dance Studies from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Mabingo’s dance research interrogates decolonization, Indigenous knowledge systems, postcolonialism and interculturalism in the contexts of education, research and performance of Indigenous African dances.

Introduction and Overview of the book.- Historical, Sociocultural and Political Contexts of Indigenous Dance Practices in Uganda.- Ubuntu, indigenous communities and dance practices in African cultures.- Biographic complexities of selected Indigenous Dance Teachers in Uganda.- Contexts and meanings of indigenous dance education practices.- Individuality, community, inclusion, and agency in indigenous dance.- Music as a pedagogic aid in indigenous dance education.- Diversity, Inter-ethnicity, and Inclusion in Indigenous Dance Pedagogy.- Practice, pedagogy, people, process, and participation (p5): inclusion and agency in indigenous dances.- Implications of Ubuntu as Pedagogy for Local and Global Education.- An Example of a Dance Session Undergirded by Ubuntu Philosophy.

Erscheinungsdatum	23.07.2021
Reihe/Serie	Critical Studies in Dance Leadership and Inclusion
Zusatzinfo	30 Illustrations, color; 8 Illustrations, black and white; XXI, 200 p. 38 illus., 30 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
Schlagworte	dance in emergent communities in Uganda • Dance, pedagogy and global education practices • Dance pedagogy, Ubuntu philosophy and inclusion • key trends in dance practices • Ubuntu philosophy and African postcolonial thought
ISBN-10	981-15-5846-9 / 9811558469
ISBN-13	978-981-15-5846-7 / 9789811558467
Zustand	Neuware