Papers Session: Creative Approaches to Teaching Sikhi through a Decolonial Frame
Abstract for Online Program Book (maximum 150 words)
This presentation explores how engaged learning and experiential pedagogies of seva (selfless service), simran (meditative reflection and contemplation), sakhi (storytelling), shabd (song/word) and sangat (community engagement) can function as decolonial practices to transform the self in relation to community, past, present, and future. Through student engagement in the course Sikhism: Sage Warrior and collaborations with grassroots initiatives led by activists, artists, and musicians, I will examine the ways in which the afore mentioned pedagogical approaches can provide a transformative framework for student learning and collective well-being.