Overview
- Examines the role of Ubuntu and dance to encourage inclusion in emergent communities in Uganda
- Explores the pedagogical role of dance teachers
- Highlights how indigenous dance philosophy can facilitate inclusion in ethnically complex environments
Part of the book series: Critical Studies in Dance Leadership and Inclusion (CSDLI)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book locates the philosophy of Ubuntu as the undergirding framework for indigenous dance pedagogies in local communities in Uganda. Through critical examination of the reflections and practices of selected local dance teachers, the volume reveals how issues of inclusion, belonging, and agency are negotiated through a creatively complex interplay between individuality and communality. The analysis frames pedagogies as sites where reflective thought and kinaesthetic practice converge to facilitate ever-evolving individual imagination and community innovations.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Alfdaniels Mabingo is a dance researcher, scholar, performer and educator from Uganda. A Fulbright alumnus, he received his Ph.D. in Dance Studies from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Mabingo’s dance research interrogates decolonization, Indigenous knowledge systems, postcolonialism and interculturalism in the contexts of education, research and performance of Indigenous African dances.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ubuntu as Dance Pedagogy in Uganda
Book Subtitle: Individuality, Community, and Inclusion in Teaching and Learning of Indigenous Dances
Authors: Alfdaniels Mabingo
Series Title: Critical Studies in Dance Leadership and Inclusion
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5844-3
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Singapore
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-5843-6Published: 14 July 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-5846-7Published: 14 July 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-5844-3Published: 13 July 2020
Series ISSN: 2661-8451
Series E-ISSN: 2661-846X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 200
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour
Topics: Performing Arts, Diaspora, Dance, African Culture