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Materials and Contexts: Thoughts about materials, learning in the context of Dakar
Materials and Contexts: Thoughts about materials, learning in the context of Senegal I have blogged before about the nature of Intelligent Materials – the idea that materials have inherent qualities and are neither neutral or devoid of suggestion or empathy with certain kinds of ideas and ways of using them. Here in Senegal, or rather…
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Cultural Engagement and Participation
It is often when you are away from home, in another context that you find yourself reflecting on what it is you do at home. Today I have been thinking about the cultural offer we make to children. How do we bring children to diverse cultural experiences that they might not participate in, that might be of…
