Abstract
This paper analyzes an innovative university based studio based learning program, called the Bower Studio, that offers architecture students real-world experience in consulting and building consilience with client partners from marginalized and poorly resourced communities in remote Australia and Papua New Guinea. It both documents the strategies used to build meaningful, cross-cultural partnerships and sets o u t t h i s i n n o v a t i v e a p p r o a c h i n f o r m e d b y r e l e v a n t p o s t - g r a d u a t e l e a r n i n g p e d a g o g i e s . S t u d e n t s p a r t i c i p a t e w i t h a u n i q u e a n d p o w e r f u l l e a r n i n g e x p e r i e n c e t h a t p e r t u r b s t h e i r t y p i c a l d a y -t o d a y e x p e r i e n c e s b y i n t r o d u c i n g t h e m t o r e a l w o r l d i s s u e s o f i n e q u a l i t y , r a c e , p o v e r t y a n d m a r g i n a l i z a t i o n . S t u d e n t s a r e q u i t e c o n f r o n t e d b y t h e c o n t e m p o r a r y I n d i g e n o u s w o r l d a n d t h e l i f e s t y l e s o f I n d i g e n o u s p e o p l e . T h i s c u l t u r e s h o c k i s h o w e v e r q u i t e e m p o w e r i n g a n d i n v i g o r a t i n g f o r c i n g s t u d e n t s f r o m t h e i r c o m f o r t z o n e s
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David O'Brien, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Warren Sellers, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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Conference: ACE2013
Stream: Education
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O'Brien D., & Sellers W. (2014) Trees and Rhizomes: Students as Masters of Learning ISSN: 2186-5892 – The Asian Conference on Education 2013 – Official Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.22492/2186-5892.20130522
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/2186-5892.20130522
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