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we must understand not only our power as travellers but also the roots of photographys strengths as
an authoritative medium.
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I suggest that a questioning of the ground on which we (teachers and students) stand is a possible way
forward in volunteer abroad, and a way to reflect back to the lives of both student and teacher to think
not only about international inequality but also about ongoing settler-Canadian relations.
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Katie MacDonald, 2014, p. 207 in (De)colonizing Pedagogies: An Exploration of Learning with Student
Volunteering Abroad
Additional readings: You can find the PDFs for these readings through the uOttawa library
database.
Mostafanezhad, M. (2013). Getting in touch with your inner Angelina: Celebrity humanitarianism and
the cultural politics of gendered generosity in volunteer tourism. Third World Quarterly. 34(3).
485-499.
Simpson, K (2004). Doing development: The gap year, volunteer-tourists and a popular practice of
development. Journal of International Development. 16. 681-692.
Suggested Readings:
Keese, J. (2011). The geography of volunteer tourism: Place matters. Tourism Geographies: An
International Journal of Tourism Space, Place and Environment. 13(2). 257-279.
Pluim, G. and Jorgenson, S. (2012). A reflection on the broader, systemic impacts of youth volunteer
abroad programmes: A Canadian perspective. Intercultural Education. 23(1). 25-38.
Activities:
(1) Watch the two videos of Ellyn Clost and Katie MacDonald available on Blackboard Learn.
(2) Please watch these short recommended videos that will help with your discussion board posts.
Radi-Aid video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJLqyuxm96k
Lets Save Africa Gone Wrong Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbqA6o8_WC0
Discussion Questions:
Discuss and reflect upon Mostafanezhads discussion on a humanitarian gaze. Do you agree/disagree with
her arguments? Do you agree/disagree with her linking images of Angelina and Madonna with their
adopted children as an influence in youths desire to volunteer abroad? What role does social media and
popular media have in promoting volunteering abroad?
Do you think the images and discourse presented online that promote volunteer/study abroad accurately
depict the experience?
Discuss your thoughts on Clost and Mostafanezhads readings on imagery. What do you think about
Closts three types of images? What do you think about both authors discussion on images and colonial
parallels? Does international volunteering reinforce or disrupt colonial-type relationships with the Global
South? How might the photographs we share and/or the stories we tell reproduce power hierarchies and
structures of inequality?
Please also discuss the questions raised by the authors in the video links.