The Wabash Center's Dialogue On Teaching

Episode 149 - Teaching Hindu Studies: Sailaja Krishnamurti & Shana Sippy

December 07, 2021 The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Season 1 Episode 149
The Wabash Center's Dialogue On Teaching
Episode 149 - Teaching Hindu Studies: Sailaja Krishnamurti & Shana Sippy
Show Notes

Academic fields change when the teachers are people who have not previously taught in that field and when we resist the colonial presumptions built into the field. What does it mean to re-train, re-learn, re-educate ourselves to teach toward a decolonized mindset? In what ways might intersectionality be embodied in our teaching? What are pedagogies by emerging scholars and how are they grappling with the identity politics of the academy?