Ataya: HUMA Interdisciplinary Seminar Series
Speaker and presenter: Valentina Migliarini (University of Portsmouth, UK)
Project/paper: 'Inclusive education for disabled refugee children: A (re)conceptualization through Krip-Hop' by Valentina Migliarini in The Educational Forum, (84)4, 2020.
Bio: I am a Lecturer in Education and Sociology in the School of Education and Sociology (EDSOC). I also recently joined the Citizenship, ‘Race’ and Belonging (CRaB) Research Network. My work sits at the crossroads of inclusive education, bilingual special education, justice and equity studies, culturally sustaining and trauma-informed pedagogies for disabled, migrant and refugee children, and teacher education. My research focuses on increasing access to equitable education for students identified with disabilities and from migrant and forced migrant backgrounds in primary and secondary education. I have developed significant research and teaching expertise in providing differentiated instructions for students in Italy, the United Kingdom, Lebanon and the United States.
Topic: Inspired by Hip-Hop pedagogy and the Krip-Hop movement, this presentation aims to address the limits of inclusive education for disabled migrant students by drawing on the community event “I am Hip-Hop” that took place in June 2019 in Italy. Through this community intervention, migrant and disabled migrant youth were provided with a creative platform to reflect critically on their identity and journey. Ultimately, this paper offers teachers recommendations to anchor disabled migrant culture in educational practices. The presentation will also examine the affordances of Hip-Hop Pedagogy (HHP) in transforming Science and Maths teaching, classroom management and wellbeing strategies in more inclusive and culturally relevant ways. Its key innovation resides in creating partnerships of teachers and community organizations in implementing HHP in the secondary education sector.
How Ataya works: One presenter and their work – in exchange with the audience. Each Ataya session engages with selected work by the presenter (a text, artwork, performance, even food). The presenter introduces their work and grounds the subsequent discussion with the participants. For best engagement, we recommend participants to view the work (made available in advance on our website) before the session. More on the Ataya Series
