Teaching Ways of Seeing Development in the Global South: An Introduction

Abstract

Development Studies, the interdisciplinary octopus, and its geography arm, Geographies of Development, have always faced a challenge when it came to providing students with experiential learning opportunities. While the subject is mostly taught in universities of the Global North, its focus has traditionally been the Global South. This symposium discusses Australian experiences of moving beyond text-based learning and bringing the Global South closer to their students.

Keywords:

• Global South
• experiential learning
• development studies
• geographies of development