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I ask questions and let students answer each other. Or if they ask me a question that look for a fact or the "right" answer, I ask the question back and see if we can answer it as a group. I try to point out when any of us talks or comment from a place coming from western backgrounds or colonialists aesthetics. Like: "That dance was graceful" Why? what makes that graceful? where is our idea of "grace" comes from etc

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I ask questions and let students answer each other. Or if they ask me a question that look for a fact or the "right" answer, I ask the question back and see if we can answer it as a group. I try to point out when any of us talks or comment from a place coming from western backgrounds or colonialists aesthetics. Like: "That dance was graceful" Why? what makes that graceful? where is our idea of "grace" comes from etc

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I am researching current practices in somatic dance pedagogy

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I am researching current practices in somatic dance pedagogy

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I have worked extensively in communities experiencing ongoing crisis and trauma, and come to the work from my own embodied experiences. I am interested in this balance of caring for self and student.

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My research interests include the impact of sociopolitical consciousness on schooling experiences across formal and non-formal learning environments. This presentation could illuminate new ideas to consider in my own research practice. 

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My research interests include the impact of sociopolitical consciousness on schooling experiences across formal and non-formal learning environments. This presentation could illuminate new ideas to consider in my own research practice. 

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I feel like movement is a form social activism in itself and also a way to heal oneself and others. As a professor of dance , we deal with so many students that bring their trauma with them and want to hear more about the topic

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I'm looking to grow my awareness and practice around culturally embodied wellness and healing.  Looking to continue to learn approaches to de-center whiteness.

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I'm looking to grow my awareness and practice around culturally embodied wellness and healing.  Looking to continue to learn approaches to de-center whiteness.

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I've been incorporating somatic practices that I have learned from other dance folks into my dance classes with kids for many years, but have little knowledge of the cultural lineages of these practices. I've been working recently to try to share more cultural context in my classes.

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I am very interested on somatic work and social justice as well as healing.

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I am very interested on somatic work and social justice as well as healing.

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How can communities that are socially conscious begin to dismantle systems of oppression and acts of abuse and injustice? What might trauma sensitive and socially engaged somatic dance  practices look like or might dance departments do?

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How can communities that are socially conscious begin to dismantle systems of oppression and acts of abuse and injustice? What might trauma sensitive and socially engaged somatic dance  practices look like or might dance departments do?

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Please share additional thoughts, responses and questions here.

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Please share additional thoughts, responses and questions here.

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How can the dance and somatics field build upon the current ideal of creating inclusive environments to more consciously address collective healing and cultural change? What might trauma sensitive and socially engaged somatic dance practices look like or what are they contributing? 

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How can the dance and somatics field build upon the current ideal of creating inclusive environments to more consciously address collective healing and cultural change? What might trauma sensitive and socially engaged somatic dance practices look like or what are they contributing? 

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What do you already do or could you do in your classes that help dismantle narratives of oppression particularly in terms of inclusion?

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What do you already do or could you do in your classes that help dismantle narratives of oppression particularly in terms of inclusion?

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How is inclusion healing? What are the issues that can come up around inclusion in learning communities?

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How is inclusion healing? What are the issues that can come up around inclusion in learning communities?

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Why did you choose to attend this panel and what interest do you have in this topic? What resonated with you or provoked your curiosity? What do you want to gain more knowledge of or have dialogue about?

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Why did you choose to attend this panel and what interest do you have in this topic? What resonated with you or provoked your curiosity? What do you want to gain more knowledge of or have dialogue about?