Philip S.S. Howard speaks to Le Devoir about cultural appropriation, cancelled Jazzfest show SLÄ€V
Journalist Catherine Lalonde, writing forÌýLe Devoir about the recently cancelled production of ³§³¢Ä€³Õ,Ìýspoke 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 productionÌýSLÄ€VÌý -which featured a largely white cast singing Black slave songs-Ìýamid criticisms from artists, academics, and the public.
The article,, touches upon theories of representation and cultural colonialism.ÌýLalonde also cited Professer Karen Fricker ofÌýBrock University, Director of Canada Council for the Arts Simon Brault, author/journalist Sean Michaels, and UQAM sociology professor Joseph Yvon Thériault.
Dr. Philip S.S. HowardÌýis an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Education at Â鶹AV. 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.ÌýProfessor Howard serves on the editorial board with the journalÌýWhiteness and Education,Ìýis a Consulting Editor with theÌýCanadian Journal of Education,Ìýand belongs to the executive team of the Black Canadian Studies Association. He recently ledÌýtheÌýSSHRC-funded projectÌý"The Arts Against Postracialism: Strengthening Resistance Against Contemporary Canadian Blackface",Ìýa series of outreach events seeking to strengthen resistance against contemporary Canadian blackface.Ìý