Philip S.S. Howard speaks to Le Devoir about cultural appropriation, cancelled Jazzfest show SL膧V
Journalist Catherine Lalonde, writing for听Le Devoir about the recently cancelled production of 厂尝膧痴,听spoke to Professor Philip Howard of our Department of Integrated Studies in Education. Last week Montreal's Jazz Festival cancelled the Robert Lepage and Betty Bonifassi production听SL膧V听 -which featured a largely white cast singing Black slave songs-听amid criticisms from artists, academics, and the public.
The article,, touches upon theories of representation and cultural colonialism.听Lalonde also cited Professer Karen Fricker of听Brock University, Director of Canada Council for the Arts Simon Brault, author/journalist Sean Michaels, and UQAM sociology professor Joseph Yvon Th茅riault.
Dr. Philip S.S. Howard听is an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Education at 91社区. His research interests are in the social formations, pedagogical processes, and epistemological frames that mediate the ways we come to know ourselves, create community, and exercise agency for social and racial justice in/through formal and informal.听Professor Howard serves on the editorial board with the journal听Whiteness and Education,听is a Consulting Editor with the听Canadian Journal of Education,听and belongs to the executive team of the Black Canadian Studies Association. He recently led听the听SSHRC-funded project听"The Arts Against Postracialism: Strengthening Resistance Against Contemporary Canadian Blackface",听a series of outreach events seeking to strengthen resistance against contemporary Canadian blackface.听
