Service Learning and Solidarity: Politics, Possibilities and Challenges of Experiential Learning
Sheena Cameron, Jonathan Langdon, Coleman Agyeyomah
· 2018
| Journal | Archivaria (Association of Canadian Archivists) |
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| Publisher | Association of Canadian Archivists |
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| OpenAlex | W2909713302 |
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| Language | en |
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| OA? | yes |
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| Status | failed |
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| Error | https://journals.sfu.ca/jgcee/index.php/jgcee/article/view/1=http: RemoteProtocolError: Server disconnected without sendi |
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Abstract
International volunteering and experiential learning programs provide important opportunities for personal and academic growth for students, universities and communities.However, they also have the potential of reinforcing neocolonial frameworks of power and privilege.Furthermore, these programs occur more and more in an academic context where short-term experiences are promoted, and longterm programs abandoned in the wake of neoliberal university policies.This paper is a reflection on the politics, possibilities and challenges of starting a new experiential learning endeavour through the Service Learning Program at St. Francis Xavier (StFX) University from a critical standpoint by exploring tensions and power dynamics of such programs whilst working from a decolonizing and solidarity-based pedagogy of development.
Provenance
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2026-04-30T19:56:52.669611+00:00
Extras
| openalex_concepts | Experiential learning; Service-learning; Solidarity; Politics; Privilege (computing); Sociology; Context (archaeology); Experiential education; Pedagogy; Power (physics) |
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| openalex_topics | Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development; Service-Learning and Community Engagement; Global Education and Multiculturalism |
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