Each month, we host the School of Education Research Speakers Series. These talks will highlight one of our esteemed colleagues as they share insights from a recent publication or other scholarly product and how their work informs practice and policy. This SoE Research Series
presentation examines two recently authored publications (book chapters)
examining the rich intellectual genealogy, pedagogical legacy, and prodigious
scholarship of Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson. The first text is an analysis of Woodson’s
key role as an early pioneer of curriculum development and what would
eventually become the field and discipline of Black/Africana Studies. Dr.
Kazembe examines how Dr. Woodson’s ginormous contributions have shaped his own
theorizing and practice within the field of Curriculum Studies. The second text
is an intellectual portrait of what Dr. Kazembe terms “Woodsonian philopraxis,”
which is a formalized, scientific, and culturally insistent approach to
knowledge, knowledge production, and communally engaged action designed and
implemented to bring about liberation. The deep historical analysis continues
by discussing the numerous unsung scholars, writers, and activists who assisted
Dr. Woodson in his Sacred Mission.
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