{"product_id":"9780774815185","title":"Braiding Histories: Learning from Aboriginal Peoples' Experiences and Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003ePAPERBACK DUE 7\/1\/09\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book proposes a new pedagogy for addressing Aboriginal subject material that shifts the focus from an essentializing or \"othering\" exploration of the attributes of Aboriginal peoples to a focus on historical experiences informing our understanding of contemporary relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReflecting on the process of writing a series of stories, Dion takes up questions of (re)presenting the lived experiences of Aboriginal people in the service of pedagogy. Investigating what happened when the stories were taken up in history classrooms, she illustrates how our investments in particular identities structure how we hear and what we are \"willing to know.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBraiding Histories\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the challenges of speaking\/listening and writing\/reading across cultural boundaries as an Aboriginal person to communicate Aboriginal experience through education. It will be useful to teachers and students of educational and Native Studies and will appeal to readers seeking a better understanding of colonialism and Aboriginal \/ non-Aboriginal relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e University of Washington Press\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47020562383088,"sku":"9780774815185","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780774815185_p0.jpg?v=1763667756","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780774815185","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}