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Title: Points of Discomfort: Reflections on Power and Partnerships in International Service-Learning
Language: English
Authors: Sharpe, Erin K., Dear, Samantha
Source: Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning. Spr 2013 19(2):49-57.
Availability: Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning, University of Michigan. 1024 Hill Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3310. Tel: 734-647-7402; Fax: 734-647-7464; Web site: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mjcsl
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 9
Publication Date: 2013
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Power Structure, Partnerships in Education, Service Learning, Experiential Learning, Recreational Programs, Leisure Education, Foreign Countries, Program Descriptions, Outdoor Education, Food, Transportation, Tourism, College Students
Geographic Terms: Cuba
ISSN: 1076-0180
Abstract: In the field of international service-learning (ISL) there is an increasing call for practitioners to engage in critical reflection of the experiential aspects of their ISL programs. We take up this call by turning our attention to one particular dimension of our ISL course: our relationship with our host partner. Our analysis is grounded in our experience as ISL practitioners, and we use our own "points of discomfort"--the moments in which our relationship with our host partner was unsettling or agitating--as our starting point. Throughout, we show how these "agitated interactions" suggested contradictions between the rhetoric and the reality of ISL and led us to question the distinctiveness of the ISL identity, the practicality of reciprocity as a guiding framework, and where ISL fits within the ongoing colonialist project. We have emerged from this reflective process with a more "encumbered" view of ISL practice, yet have found many ways to move forward from this new perspective.
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Number of References: 35
Entry Date: 2014
Accession Number: EJ1013496
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