“In Your Shoes” With Empathy ft. Ijeoma Njaka Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to learn how arts-based practices and pedagogy
cultivate empathy.


Ijeoma Njaka is an artist, writer and educator specialized in
equity-centred design and inclusive pedagogy, currently based at
Georgetown University. In this episode, she describes an
innovative program called “In Your Shoes” that builds empathy and
community among students with different lived experiences and
political and ideological perspectives.


00:00 Introduction


00:27 About Ijeoma Njaka


01:25 About “In Your Shoes” at Georgetown University


03:31 A student’s reflection after participating in the “In Your
Shoes” program


07:14 What is dialogicial pedagogy?


07:34 What is speculative design?


09:52 What is close-looking?


13:38 How the arts can cultivate empathy


19:32 Thoughts on psychedelics


21:58 Ijeoma Njaka’s Purposeful Empathy Story





PBS News Hour Clip:
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Video Edited by David Tsvariani