Category Archives: ARP

Unexpectedly the term decolonise caused quite a bit of stir in the respondents, perhaps using “broadening ways of seeing” or using the term “non-Western” in the research question will bring the focus a bit more on the topic.  There are … Continue reading →

Final Presentation slides

Abdulla, D., Cisneros, T., Francke, A., et, al. (2020) Decolonizing: The Curriculum, the Museum and the Mind, Vilnius: Vilnius Academy of Arts Press  Akussah, A., Hanskika, J., Panesar, L., Patel, R., 2018, Decolonising the Arts Curriculum: Perspectives on Higher Education, … Continue reading →

As a student and now a lecturer from the Far East, I personally experienced thechallenges of navigating my own heritage in a fine art curriculum that ispredominantly rooted in Western art history and aesthetics. This experience hasmade me acutely aware … Continue reading →

Information Sheet Consent Form The consent form and information sheet I followed quite closely to the sample forms on Moodle, hence there was little amendments made. I made sure the research questions and rationale are provided in the information sheet.

After two iterations of corrections, this is the final version of the Ethics form. There have been major corrections to arrive at this third version. A significant change is on the research methods. I was previously unware of the ethics … Continue reading →

Primary research I have used a combination of interview and questionnaire. I have chosen to interview five member of staff and to send a questionnaire to five students (both alumni and current students), out of whom three responded. In pinning … Continue reading →

My research question looks at what decolonising or non-Western ways of seeing within fine art mean, ways to achieve it and how to implement them in our teaching practice.  The purpose of the project is to investigate ways to broaden the … Continue reading →

note to reader: I have adopted an essay form of approach to summarise and evaluate my project findings as I find this method best capture the qualitative data I collected from both primary and secondary sources and be used to … Continue reading →