by Dr. Herukhuti I first read Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed when I was in high school. I found an old copy of it somewhere and waded with relative ease through the translation that made his words feel more abstract and opaque than were probably the case in the original Portuguese. It would beContinueContinue reading “Is Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed Possible with the White, Middle Class?”
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Are you unsatisfied? In love? Sex? Both? Or just feel that you could be having a richer experience? Do you have difficulty giving or receiving sexual pleasure fully? Is communication a frequent stumbling block between you and your partners? Do you struggle with sexual guilt/shame or feelings of sexual inadequacy/incompetence? Join A 5-month sexual empowerment programContinueContinue reading “PEACE+PLEASURE+PASSION: A 5-Month Sexual Empowerment Program (Starting May 5) – REGISTER NOW!”
Decolonizing Tai Chi, Yoga, and Meditation Education: Part 2
By Dr. Herukhuti Click the link to read part 1 of this series. Tai chi chuan is a Taoist martial art tradition originating in China that uses energy called chi, philosophical principles from the I Ching, and the physics of the human body to make things happen. I share tai chi with my students by teachingContinueContinue reading “Decolonizing Tai Chi, Yoga, and Meditation Education: Part 2”
Decolonizing Tai Chi, Yoga, and Meditation Education: Part 1
By Dr. Herukhuti I started learning tai chi chuan, yoga, and meditation when I was fourteen. At the time, I had no idea what that would be for my life. Learning the three systems was a part of the educational program at the Junior Engineering Club (JEC), an innovative and radical STEAM-program in the Bedford-StuyvesantContinueContinue reading “Decolonizing Tai Chi, Yoga, and Meditation Education: Part 1”
UBC student writes 52,438 word architecture dissertation with no punctuation — not everyone loved it
The Role of Techno-Vernacular Creativity in STEAM Education
A Few Solutions: A My Brother’s Keeper Follow-Up
by Dr. Herukhuti A lot of people liked, shared, and discussed yesterday’s article, Juneteenth: Lessons for My Brother’s Keeper. Of the criticisms of the article was the claim that I did not provide any specific alternative solutions. The last paragraph of the article offered a vision that some felt did not give them sufficient specificity inContinueContinue reading “A Few Solutions: A My Brother’s Keeper Follow-Up”