The power of oral culture in education : theorizing proverbs, idioms, and folklore tales / Ardavan Eizadirad, Njoki Nathani Wane, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eizadirad, Ardavan, editor.

Wane, Njoki Nathani, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folklore and education.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 305 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]

Summary:

This volume explores the importance of inter-generational oral culture and stories that transcend time, space, and boundaries transmitted historically from one generation to the next through proverbs, idioms, and folklore tales in different geographical and spatial contexts. These important stories and their embedded life lessons are introduced, explained, and supplemented with pre and post educational activities and lesson plans to be used as learning resources. The centering of orality as a tool and medium for educating the future generation is a reclamation and reaffirmation of Indigeneity, Indigenous knowledges. and non-hegemonic approaches to support students in a socio-culturally sustaining manner. Through this understanding, this book explores the interconnectedness between culture, traditions, language, and way of life through oral storytelling, sharing, and listening. .

Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction: Power of Oral Culture as Spiritual Intergenerational Dialogue

Chapter 2: "If a Child is not Initiated into a Village, They Will Burn it Down Just to Feel its Warmth

Chapter 3: mtu akikuita mmbwa usibweke/When Someone Calls You a Dog, Dont Bark Back

Chapter 4: Blind Men and the Elephant

Chapter 5: African Indigenous Culture: Ancestors as Foundations of Who We Are and Who We are to Become

Chapter 6: The Listening Heart: Rumis Story of the Parrot and the Merchant

Chapter 7: Comic Telling through Rakugo Storytelling: The Persimmon Tree

Chapter 8: Seizing an Afrocentric Identity Within a U.S Context: Reclaiming the Self Through Resistance

Chapter 9: The Hyphenated Identity: Iranian- Canadian

Chapter 10: Strength through Resistance: Malalai of Maiwand

Chapter 11: Buraanbur Healing Approach to Prevent Mental Illness among Somali Women living in Mainstream Spaces

Chapter 12: Re-Membering a Goan Folktale in the Midst of a Global Pandemic

Chapter 13: Legend of the No Face Doll (origin: Haudenosaunee)

Chapter 14: The Role of Oral Traditions in Sustaining Black Owned Enterprises

Chapter 15: The Legend of Tapkendi The Kalenjin lady who outsmarted Maasai Warriors

Chapter 16: African Grandmothers Teachings: The Power of Orality.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 11, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Power of oral culture in education.

ISBN:

9783031185373

3031185374

OCLC:

1373261826

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.