Poster Presentations
Title
Africentrism, Leadership, and Human Rights at Indiana University’s African American Dance Company
Session Type
Poster Presentation
Abstract
The need to prepare students to lead in a multicultural, global economy is high; yet there is scant research on the right to culturally relevant education and its potential to foster the requisite dispositions. Human rights, distributed leadership, and critical race theories provided the conceptual framework for this interpretive qualitative study. Interview data were collected from members of the first such university academic and dance performance course. Results identified leadership and shared responsibility as key to participants’ development as artists and global citizens. Social change implications include increased understanding and collaboration across races and cultures through sustained African-centered education.
Recommended Citation
Casanova-Willis, V. M. (2020, October 1-2). Africentrism, leadership, and human rights at Indiana university’s African American Dance Company [Poster presentation]. Walden University Research Conference 2020 (online). https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/researchconference/2020/posters/43/
Africentrism, Leadership, and Human Rights at Indiana University’s African American Dance Company
The need to prepare students to lead in a multicultural, global economy is high; yet there is scant research on the right to culturally relevant education and its potential to foster the requisite dispositions. Human rights, distributed leadership, and critical race theories provided the conceptual framework for this interpretive qualitative study. Interview data were collected from members of the first such university academic and dance performance course. Results identified leadership and shared responsibility as key to participants’ development as artists and global citizens. Social change implications include increased understanding and collaboration across races and cultures through sustained African-centered education.
Recommended Citation
Casanova-Willis, V. M. (2020, October 1-2). Africentrism, leadership, and human rights at Indiana university’s African American Dance Company [Poster presentation]. Walden University Research Conference 2020 (online). https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/researchconference/2020/posters/43/
