Divya Garg – författare

Folk Media and Decolonizing Art Education advances a critique of conventional multicultural art education by centering folk media as a site of epistemic resistance and pedagogical transformation. The book argues that multicultural frameworks often reproduce liberal inclusion without dismantling colonial hierarchies and develops an intersectional, decolonial methodology attentive to race, caste, class, gender, indigeneity, and geopolitics.This book provides readers with actionable strategies to redesign art education curricula, assessments, and institutional frameworks in ways that are ethically accountable and socially transformative. Methodologically, it draws on the internationally acclaimed Interfaith Childhoods research project which combines ethnographic research, curriculum analysis, and close readings of community-based artistic practices across diverse contexts in diasporic settings. Through analysis of contemporary folk performance traditions, digital community movements, and grassroots media collectives, the chapters demonstrate how vernacular cultural forms challenge Eurocentric art canons and institutional power.Spanning late postcolonial policies to contemporary digital platforms, the book maps the evolving political life of folk media in everyday life and public culture. It offers practical strategies for educators seeking to redesign curricula, assessment, and institutional frameworks in ethically accountable ways. It will be essential reading for undergraduates and postgraduates in art education, cultural studies, and education, as well as scholars, teacher-educators, librarians, and non-specialist readers interested in decolonization, pedagogy, and socially engaged art practice.

Folk Media and Decolonizing Art Education advances a critique of conventional multicultural art education by centering folk media as a site of epistemic resistance and pedagogical transformation. The book argues that multicultural frameworks often reproduce liberal inclusion without dismantling colonial hierarchies and develops an intersectional, decolonial methodology attentive to race, caste, class, gender, indigeneity, and geopolitics.This book provides readers with actionable strategies to redesign art education curricula, assessments, and institutional frameworks in ways that are ethically accountable and socially transformative. Methodologically, it draws on the internationally acclaimed Interfaith Childhoods research project which combines ethnographic research, curriculum analysis, and close readings of community-based artistic practices across diverse contexts in diasporic settings. Through analysis of contemporary folk performance traditions, digital community movements, and grassroots media collectives, the chapters demonstrate how vernacular cultural forms challenge Eurocentric art canons and institutional power.Spanning late postcolonial policies to contemporary digital platforms, the book maps the evolving political life of folk media in everyday life and public culture. It offers practical strategies for educators seeking to redesign curricula, assessment, and institutional frameworks in ethically accountable ways. It will be essential reading for undergraduates and postgraduates in art education, cultural studies, and education, as well as scholars, teacher-educators, librarians, and non-specialist readers interested in decolonization, pedagogy, and socially engaged art practice.

From the beginning, the superhero genre has revolved around narratives of transformation. Through traumatic experiences, physical disabilities evolve into super strength and invulnerability; mental disabilities grant telekinesis and foresight. Characters considered “outsiders” are tasked with lead roles in saving the world. All of these attributes appeal to the marginalized fan. Yet, the default fan is often assumed to be white, Anglo-American, and able-bodied.Decolonizing Media Fandom focuses on the globally diverse fan base of a massively popular Western text: the Marvel superhero universe. Drawing on fanworks from Archive of Our Own, a survey spanning sixteen countries, and one-on-one interviews with Marvel fans who identify as non-white and/or having a disability, Divya Garg examines the strengths and limitations of fandom from the perspective of those who are often relegated to the margins.

Folk Media and Decolonizing Art Education advances a critique of conventional multicultural art education by centering folk media as a site of epistemic resistance and pedagogical transformation. The book argues that multicultural frameworks often reproduce liberal inclusion without dismantling colonial hierarchies and develops an intersectional, decolonial methodology attentive to race, caste, class, gender, indigeneity, and geopolitics.This book provides readers with actionable strategies to redesign art education curricula, assessments, and institutional frameworks in ways that are ethically accountable and socially transformative. Methodologically, it draws on the internationally acclaimed Interfaith Childhoods research project which combines ethnographic research, curriculum analysis, and close readings of community-based artistic practices across diverse contexts in diasporic settings. Through analysis of contemporary folk performance traditions, digital community movements, and grassroots media collectives, the chapters demonstrate how vernacular cultural forms challenge Eurocentric art canons and institutional power.Spanning late postcolonial policies to contemporary digital platforms, the book maps the evolving political life of folk media in everyday life and public culture. It offers practical strategies for educators seeking to redesign curricula, assessment, and institutional frameworks in ethically accountable ways. It will be essential reading for undergraduates and postgraduates in art education, cultural studies, and education, as well as scholars, teacher-educators, librarians, and non-specialist readers interested in decolonization, pedagogy, and socially engaged art practice.

Marketing and communications are ever-evolving areas, with trends and issues quickly emerging, and often fading just as fast. An evergreen issue that continues to gain more and more traction is that of socially responsible and ethical marketing. The text discusses the increasing importance of socially responsible and ethical marketing and communication in today's world, where social media and social marketing have a wide reach. With practical applications and case studies for marketing and management practitioners to implement socially responsible and ethical communication campaigns, the book provides a tool kit for marketing and management practitioners to implement socially responsible and ethical communication campaigns. It is a must-read for researchers in social and ethical marketing, as well as educators in marketing, communication, social responsibility, sustainability, and ethics.