This Fall I will be focusing on re-shaping my History of Interior Design curriculum to embrace decolonization. This is important work that I have tried to do for several years. Much to my dismay, however, I have not yet made what I consider to be substantial changes in either approach or content. This must change.
For the next three months I will regularly share posts about my progress. I aim to comment on new resources and ideas that I encounter along the way. I also aim to report on my efforts to incorporate this new content in the classroom.
This curriculum development will echo changes that I am seeing in my professional community. If you are interested, here some examples of my colleagues who have been doing similar work:
- Hadjiyanni, T. (2020). Decolonizing Interior Design Education. Journal of Interior Design [IDEC | Interior Design Educators Council], 45 (2), 3-9. Retrieved from https://design.lsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Decolonizing_joid.12170.pdf
- Littmann, W. (2021, March 01). How I Found the Courage to Decolonize my Syllabus. PLATFORM. https://www.platformspace.net/home/how-i-found-the-courage-to-decolonize-my-syllabus
- Kive, S. (2023, May). Architectural History Other-Wise: A Practice of Uncovering Implicit Bias. Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy, 22. Unpaginated. https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/read/architectural-history-other-wise-a-practice-of-uncovering-implicit-bias/section/47ec41db-5c49-4a57-897c-f7a838066971
This will be a pilot project. Feel free to help out by sharing your own experiences and feedback!
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