Vol. 9 (2023): post(s) 9
Akademos

Decolonial Water Pedagogies: Invitations to Black, Indigenous, and Black-Indigenous World-Making

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Pedagogías decoloniales del agua: invitaciones para hacer mundos negros, indígenas y negre/afro indígenas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18272/post(s).v9i1.3123

Published 2023-12-15

Keywords

  • decolonial pedagogies,
  • water,
  • more than human worlds

How to Cite

Nxumalo, F. (2023). Decolonial Water Pedagogies: Invitations to Black, Indigenous, and Black-Indigenous World-Making. Post(s), 9(1), 90–103. https://doi.org/10.18272/post(s).v9i1.3123

Copyright (c) 2023 Fikile Nxumalo

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Abstract

In this paper, I share everyday stories of young people’s pedagogical encounters with water. I share these stories as illustrations of pedagogies that welcome young people into caring relationships with more-than-human life. I focus on the decolonial potential of these pedagogical encounters in relation to what they activate for Black, Indigenous and Black-Indigenous world making.



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