ABSTRACT

The Covid-19 pandemic impacted dance practice in African communities, which at the time were still grappling with building technological infrastructure and resources to advance dance education, research, scholarship, and practice. How did the dance teachers and students in environments with less developed information and communication technological (ICT) infrastructure in African countries such as Uganda navigate online teaching and learning of dance during the covid-19 pandemic? This article engages the Kiganda education philosophy ‘kola nga bwoyiga ate oyige nga bwokola’ (learn as you do and do as you learn) as an analytical frame to unpack how the dance teachers and students in Uganda navigated dance pedagogies during the pandemic. The reflections of the teachers and students revealed how the pandemic dismantled the sense of community as an actual essence dance in local communities. The pandemic stirred a radical rethink on framing online and distance dance teaching and learning, applying context-centered and technologically-responsive pedagogies, and using motion picture tools to teach indigenous dance traditions. The discussion unpacks how ‘kola nga bwoyiga ate oyige nga bwokola’ centered pedagogic reimaginations and maneuvers to activate agency, adaptation, resilience, and contextualization, underscoring the value and relevance of Indigenous worldviews in overcoming ever-emerging barriers in dance education.

摘要

Covid-19 大流行影响了非洲社区的舞蹈实践，当时非洲社区仍在努力建设技术基础设施和资源，以推进舞蹈教育、研究、学术和实践。在乌干达等信息和通信技术（ICT）基础设施欠发达的非洲国家，舞蹈师生在covid-19大流行期间如何进行在线舞蹈教学？本文采用基干达教育理念“kola nga bwoyiga ate oyige nga bwokola”（边学边做，边学边做）作为分析框架，揭示乌干达舞蹈教师和学生在疫情期间如何运用舞蹈教学法。师生们的反思揭示了这种流行病如何瓦解了社区意识作为当地社区的真正本质舞蹈。这场大流行引发了人们对在线和远程舞蹈教学、应用以情境为中心和技术响应式教学法以及使用电影工具教授土著舞蹈传统的彻底反思。讨论揭示了“kola nga bwoyiga ate oyige nga bwokola”如何以教学重新想象和策略为中心，以激活能动性、适应性、复原力和情境化，强调原住民世界观在克服舞蹈教育中不断出现的障碍方面的价值和相关性。应用以情境为中心和技术响应式的教学法，并使用电影工具来教授土著舞蹈传统。讨论揭示了“kola nga bwoyiga ate oyige nga bwokola”如何以教学重新想象和策略为中心，以激活能动性、适应性、复原力和情境化，强调原住民世界观在克服舞蹈教育中不断出现的障碍方面的价值和相关性。应用以情境为中心和技术响应式的教学法，并使用电影工具来教授土著舞蹈传统。讨论揭示了“kola nga bwoyiga ate oyige nga bwokola”如何以教学重新想象和策略为中心，以激活能动性、适应性、复原力和情境化，强调原住民世界观在克服舞蹈教育中不断出现的障碍方面的价值和相关性。