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FACE CONFERENCE: 2017 Reaching In and Reaching Out: Exploring issues of race, culture and

FACE CONFERENCE: 2017 Reaching In and Reaching Out: Exploring issues of race, culture and identity through literature Karen Lipsedge (Project Leader KURG & Chair of KU REC SAT) Wendy Morris (Senior Information Advisor LRC & KURG) & Shani Thompson (Level 6, BA (Hons) English Literature & KURG student facilitator)

THE KINGSTON UNIVERSITY READING GROUP: The transformative power of shared reading and discussion 9/18/2020

THE KINGSTON UNIVERSITY READING GROUP: The transformative power of shared reading and discussion 9/18/2020 LIPSEDGE MORRIS; KURG & FACE CONFERENCE JUNE 2017 2

Your Bespoke KU Reading Group Session: Stage One! 1. Please choose one of the

Your Bespoke KU Reading Group Session: Stage One! 1. Please choose one of the example texts to focus on for your session. You will also need an A 3 piece of paper, post-it notes & pens. 2. Now, please select one 'thing' that you think is important in or to your chosen text. recorded live on the Shore 3. This 'thing' could be a repeated motif or image; a key theme; a word, or phrase; a concept; the context or setting for the ‘action’; the use of punctuation; pace etc. The choice is yours! Once everyone has chosen their one ‘thing’, discuss why each you think your 'thing' is important. 9/18/2020 To Shore poetry tour. LIPSEDGE MORRIS; KURG & FACE CONFERENCE JUNE 2017 3

Jackie Kay, reading ‘Extinction’, recorded live on the Shore To Shore poetry tour (June

Jackie Kay, reading ‘Extinction’, recorded live on the Shore To Shore poetry tour (June 2016). http: //www. picador. com/blog/june 2016/friday-poem-extinction-by-jackie-kay 9/18/2020 LIPSEDGE MORRIS: KU RG Project & FACE CONFERENCE 2017 4

Your Bespoke KU Reading Group Session: Stage Two! Where you go next with your

Your Bespoke KU Reading Group Session: Stage Two! Where you go next with your discussions is up to you, as a group. After all, this is your reading group session. Below are some suggestions: 1) You could remain with the first stage, and develop one area in particular. 2) You could discuss the different contexts in which you could use the text (new staff training session; implicit bias training for managers; as part of a taught course for students; as part of an extra-curricular activity or open day workshop for potential new students and their parents/guardian; to start a focus group session; for a staff and students reading group session; for a school or community group session etc) 3) You could discuss whether and how you would run reading group sessions in your HEI to enhance an awareness of EDI and/ or to use the REC as a platform for discussion and as a tool for change. 4) You could discuss the potential impact of using one of these texts, and how you would manage any difficulties that may arise. For instance, as facilitator what would you do if a participant used offensive language; if there was a disagreement or argument; if there was evidence of hostile behaviour etc. Is LIPSEDGE to MORRIS; KURG & FACE CONFERENCE JUNE 2017 5 it 9/18/2020 the role of the facilitator resolve conflict?

KU Reading Group Overview: #1 v Aim: to facilitate discussion and encourage new perspectives

KU Reading Group Overview: #1 v Aim: to facilitate discussion and encourage new perspectives in relation to race, culture and identity as a means of promoting race equality. v Models of Good Practice: KU Big Read & Reader organisation. v Collaborative in Approach & Practice: WP; EDI; Student Services; LRC; Local Organisations; Schools v Drivers: Race Equality Charter Mark Award; KU strategic plan & EDI v Transformative power of shared reading and discussion: Text as focus of discussions & stepping stone for sharing ideas about race, culture and identity 9/18/2020 Pilot for KU Reading Group: Staff & Students, LRC 6 Café, 14. 4. 16 LIPSEDGE MORRIS; KURG & FACE CONFERENCE JUNE 2017

KU Reading Group: Group Reading in Action v. Reading Group Dynamic: Role of facilitator

KU Reading Group: Group Reading in Action v. Reading Group Dynamic: Role of facilitator & nature of discussions. v. Texts; Participants & Session Dynamics: v. Feedback: ‘real buzz’’; “embracing diversity is very important’’; “enjoyable”; “interesting; ” “comfortable” atmosphere; “different”; “fun!”; “fantastic!”. v. Sustaining and Growing the KU RG: Funding & practicalities, and future Pilot for KU Reading development 9/18/2020 LIPSEDGE MORRIS; KURG & FACE CONFERENCE JUNE 2017 Group: Staff & Students, 7 LRC Café, 14. 4. 16

KU RG Sessions: Small Example of Texts Used. 9/18/2020 LIPSEDGE MORRIS; KURG & FACE

KU RG Sessions: Small Example of Texts Used. 9/18/2020 LIPSEDGE MORRIS; KURG & FACE CONFERENCE JUNE 2017 8

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? For further information please contact K. Lipsedge@Kingston. ac. uk. 9/18/2020

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? For further information please contact K. Lipsedge@Kingston. ac. uk. 9/18/2020 LIPSEDGE MORRIS; KURG & FACE CONFERENCE JUNE 2017 9

Some suggestions for further reading resources Gay, G, (2002) ‘Preparing for Culturally Responsive Teaching’,

Some suggestions for further reading resources Gay, G, (2002) ‘Preparing for Culturally Responsive Teaching’, Journal of Teacher Education, 53, pp. 106 -116. Morris, W. (2016) ‘The Big Read: how shared reading transforms lives’, CILIP Update, November, pp. 32 – 34. The Reader organisation: http: //www. thereader. org. uk/ (accessed on 9 th February 2017) Tate, S A. & Bagguley, P. , (2017) ‘Building the Anti-Racist University: Next Steps’, Race, Ethnicity and Education, 20, pp. 289 -299: http: //dx. doi. org/10. 1080/13613324. 2016. 1260227 (accessed on 11 th June 2017) Warikoo, N. , K. , (2016) The Diversity Bargain: And Other Dilemmas of Race, Admissions, and Meritocracy at Elite Universities (Chicago: University of Chicago Press). 9/18/2020 LIPSEDGE MORRIS; KURG & FACE CONFERENCE JUNE 2017 10