IN-PERSON Prague Research & Teaching Conference
Abstract
Emerging educational creatives work internationally and interdisciplinarily and their creative and cultural expressions and innovative ways of thinking merit respect and recognition. However, navigating increasingly uncertain futures against a tide of fast-changing digital spaces and continued economic, social, racial and climate injustice, poses challenges in terms of support and guidance. Taking a values-centred and community-driven approach to teaching and learning and drawing on compassionate and critical pedagogy as praxis, our paper will focus on our individual research but shared thinking in areas of IP Education and Academic Practices & Literacies Development, where learners lead, are active co-creators of knowledge and build confidence in having their lived-experiences valued in educational spaces. As emerging academic activists, we share our approaches to how we centre emotion and the use of language in our teaching in two different but complementary models: The iCARE model is an approach to understanding intellectual property in relational, dialogic ways and reinforces the value of plural perspectives when connecting and communicating within educational spaces. It comprises five core values and an evolving lexicon of legal words, behaviours and actions to prompt critical thinking. The Disruptive Lexicon is a critical tool which aims to encourage dialogue, collective development and critical reflection between students/tutors/peers around issues of JEDI. Its ultimate aim is to foster greater student agency and platform minority student voice within Higher Education. By starting a conversation, we aim to share our experience of critical pedagogic practice that can hopefully encourage new ways to learn and unlearn together.
Roxanne is an IP educator, thinker, & strategist based at the University of the Arts London. She works internationally at the intersection of IP law, creative education, ethics, and cultural heritage. Her approach is practice-led for non-legal communities, focusing on inclusive and democratic ways to make meaningful change. Roxanne enjoys connecting with creatives, encouraging self-led approaches to recognise the value of their IP and copyright for creative agency. Her iCARE model foregrounds the potential value of IP education through the lenses of co-creation and community.
Robert is an Academic Practices educator, focusing on Art(s) & Design literacies. He works with students on a wide range of Academic Writing & Research Practice topics. He also enjoys working with students on reflective & reflexive practice as a means to understanding how the implications of their learnings can impact the broader context in which they work. Currently working at London South Bank University, he is also a Visiting Lecturer in Learning Development at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama (Univ. of London). Robert holds Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, an MA in Applied Linguistics and a PgCert in Academic Practice in Art, Design, & Communication. His interests lie in the intersections and liminalities of student academic voice and student agency in terms of JEDI (justice, equality, diversity, inclusion).
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Wednesday 11th June, 2025