Cultural border Crossing: Reconciling shared history

Описание: Synopsis: We believe that there is a historical disconnect, or epistemological dissonance, on how continental Africans, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Brazilians and African-Americans (black people) experience the legacy of colonization. As we go through this process of global decolonization, we must empower black youth and young adults to build sustainable systems and lifestyles. Our research posits that all black youth and young adults in the African Diaspora acquire the knowledge and skills to promote sustainable community development. To that end, an applied anthropology curriculum needs to be developed to inform our global communities.
As applied anthropologists working in education, we are concerned with how black youth and young adults learn about themselves, their communities, the intersection of shared legacies as a lived experience, and what educational institutions know about that legacy. Using mixed methods and digital tools, we will create a science and art-based global curriculum that dismantles cultural boundaries and promotes sustainable development through literary arts, visual expressions, and scientific analysis.
Research supports that science and art heal and transform marginalized communities and those affected by traumatic experiences. Our work endeavors to 1) repair historical injustices among black people of the African Diaspora, 2) improve the appreciation of cultural diversity within the African Diaspora by gaining mutual respect for black communities and their struggles due to colonization, and 3) increase the awareness from an etic perspective, the contributions of black communities across the world in creating sustainable environments, relationships and lifestyles.

About the presenter(s): Deneia Y. Fairweather holds a Ph.D. in Applied Cultural Anthropology from the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL, USA, with a specialization in education and educational systems. She also holds an M.Ed. in Reading Education and is a Certified Professional Educator with the State of Florida.
Dr. Fairweather is a doctoral lecturer at John Jay College and an adjunct professor at Hillsborough College in Tampa, Florida and Galen University in Belize. She has taught online, in-person, and hybrid courses on the post-secondary level since 2018. She also worked as an Instructional Coach, an ESE Specialist, and a Gifted educator in primary and secondary schools for over 15 years.
Dr. Fairweather’s research interests are situated within the field of educational anthropology and digital education. Here, she focuses on the documentation, exploration, and description of educational experiences, particularly among male adolescents in the African Diaspora, including Belize, Brazil, and Florida, USA. These experiences serve as a framework for building educational systems based on what they could look like--from a learner's perspective.
Dr. Fairweather founded and owns ESE Consulting, LLC, an educational consulting business emphasizing diversity and inclusive education, culture building in organizations and academic institutions, and developing innovative educational technologies that promote diversity and social-emotional learning. ESE Consulting, LLC offers high-level coaching services for educators and an applied anthropological curriculum called Anthropology in Motion™ for adolescent youth. Results from these workshops can be found on www.aim.center.
She currently serves as the secretary/treasurer of the Association of Black Anthropologists.
Dr. Fairweather splits their time between Tampa Florida, Bronx, New York, and Belize, Central America.
She may be reached via email at [email protected] or +18134215004

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