For the promotion of sound learning

For the promotion of sound learning: Canterbury College and the pedagogy of ‘things’

From the lab to the library, this free talk by guest speaker Bojana Rimbovska will explore the material culture of teaching and learning at Canterbury College. 

Drawing primarily on items used at the University's original city campus site, now The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora, it will consider the various teaching tools that were used across departments and how they might reflect pedagogical approaches of the time. When class was not in session, students continued to learn by making art, getting involved in clubs, and enjoying afternoon tea with their lecturers. This talk will follow the material traces of these formal and informal ways of learning to reflect on the value of these object lessons today.

This free public talk will highlight some of the special and unique artefacts uncovered as part of the Universities 150th Anniversary exhibition Whiria te tangata: Weaving the People Together.  Join us for these free talks, and take advantage of the opportunity to view Myths and Mortals, the current exhibition at the Teece Museum.

Bojana Rimbovska is completing a PhD in Art History focusing on replication and copying in the nineteenth century. She was the guest curator for Whiria te tangata: weaving the people together– 150 years of College and community, and has worked on curatorial and research projects relating to histories of education in Aotearoa New Zealand.

• UC Teece Museum, 3 Hereford St, Chch
• Tuesday 17 October 2023, 6.00pm. Doors open 5.45pm.
• Entry is free, but seats are limited so registration is essential.

Image credit: 

Students in a Laboratory Class in Wood Technology, School of Forestry, Canterbury College, 1926
File Reference CCL Photo CD 14 IMG0083

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