The power of oral history narratives : lived experiences of international global scholars and artists in their native country and after immigrating to the United States

• Other Authors: Kirkwood-Tucker, Toni Fuss (Editor), Doppen, Frans H., 1957- (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : IAP | Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2023]
• Subjects: Storytelling in education.; Oral tradition.; Immigrants > United States > Personal narratives.; History, Modern > Study and teaching.; Education and globalization.; elektronické knihy; Personal narratives.; Education > Teaching > Subjects > Social Science.; Teaching skills and techniques.; Teaching of a specific subject.; Educational: Social sciences, social studies.; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806601790
• DOI: 10.1108/979-8-88730-299-7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (426 pages)

"The significance of this book is its uniqueness. First, the book contains a collection of fourteen chapters that capture the personal, professional, and historical experiences of international global scholars and artists to which they were subjected to in their native country and after they im...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• Genesis of our book
• Significance of our book
• Methodology
• Outline of narratives
• Introduction
• Section I: Africa
• Chapter 1. Nigeria | storied narrative across time and space: My experiences growing up in nigeria and straddling two cultures in the United States / Omiunota Nelly Ukpokodu
• Chapter 2. Zimbabwe | the cultural confluence of ubuntu: A journey from zimbabwe to global educational leader in the United States / Josiah Tlou
• Section II: Asia
• Chapter 3. Japan | repairing and mending broken objects with gold: The story of a global citizen coming-of-age / Misato Yamaguchi
• Chapter 4. Nepal | miseducation, travels, and contesting racialized worlds within and outside academia / Binaya Subedi
• Chapter 5. People's republic of China | navigating historical currents: Reflections of a Chinese-born global educator / Lin Lin
• Chapter 6. People's republic of China | the new frontier to the new world: Stories of surviving, striving, and thriving in china and the United States / Yali Zhao
• Chapter 7. People's republic of China | teaching for a sustainable future: Crafting a pedagogy for sustainability education / Guichun Zong
• Section III: Caribbean
• Chapter 8. Cuba | flight to freedom: A cuban immigrant's journey through education / Bárbara C. Cruz
• Section IV: Eurasia
• Chapter 9. Ukraine/russia | tearing human minds to pieces: The power of hypocrisy and the hypocrisy of power / Anatoli Rapoport
• Section v: Europe
• Chapter 10. France | my dream of becoming a contemporary classical composer advocating for the armenian genocide / Hayg Boyadjian
• Chapter 11. Germany | nazism. Bordercrossing. Racism. All lives are of equal worth / Toni Fuss Kirkwood-Tucker
• Chapter 12. The Netherlands | on crossing the big pond / Frans H. Doppen
• Section vi: Middle east
• Chapter 13. Turkey | fractured visions of remembrance / Varteni Mosdichian
• Section vii: South America
• Chapter 14. Argentina | from buenos aires to buffalo to books: The politics of populism / Aixa Pérez-Prado. Epilogue. About the Editors. About the Contributors.