Patrique deGraft‐Yankson is a professionally trained teacher with a background in Arts Education. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Graphic Design, University of Education, Winneba (UEW). Since 1986, he has been active in a pedagogical enterprise which fundamentally involves the identification and nurturance of students’ creative sensibilities at various levels of education in Ghana. His interests in information and communication technology (ICT) and its integration in education at its emerging stages in Ghana laid a foundation for his postgraduate studies which mainly focused on the influence of ICTs in the teaching and learning of Art and Design in Ghana. Insights, lessons and experiences from his early research works eventually developed into a research interest which basically questions the role of Art and Design in all their disciplinary manifestations and seeks to contrast the argument for the preference of colonial design tenets in contemporary design education in Ghana. The underlining reasoning for his current interest in traditional symbolism and iconography, is therefore backed by a profound deconstructive position which aims at redefining design for visual cultural relevance in the midst of rapid technological advancements. This interest interrogates how design works within the local context, and what it will take to redesign the indigenous material world with the wellbeing of the society in mind. He has played marked initiating roles towards the transformation of Graphic Design Education in his mother institution. He has been highly instrumental in the quest for appropriate ICT integration procedures into the teaching and learning of Art and Design in the University of Education, Winneba, and continues to exhibit a lot of interests in the pedagogical implications of ICTs in Visual Arts and Design Education in Ghana. deGraft-Yankson, P. (18th – 23rd February, 2024). Framework for the development of a Trans-disciplinary Art Education textbook [Paper presentation]. First workshop on the Development of a Trans-disciplinary Art Education textbook, Johannesburg deGraft-Yankson, P. (4th – 8th September, 2023). Postcolonialism: Imagining a Joint Textbook from the Global South and the Global North [Paper presentation]. InSEA World Congress 2023, Çanakkale deGraft-Yankson, P. (12th – 18th June, 2023). Dialogue on the feasibility of transcultural/transdisciplinary textbook for Art Education [Paper presentation]. Research Meeting in the University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth Kumangtum, R.T, deGraft-Yankson, P,. (2023). Kasem proverbs as digital paintings. Arts and Design Studies. , 108(8), 8-19. deGraft-Yankson, P. (20th – 30th June, 2022). A gallery of Ghanaian symbols and icons: Documentation of traditional images embedded in cultural identity [Paper presentation]. Exploring Visual Cultures Summer School and Documenta 15, Kassel deGraft-Yankson, P. (20th – 30th April, 2022). Educational relevance of Ghanaian Traditional Symbols [Paper presentation]. Exploring Visual Cultures Workshop in Iwalewahaus, Bayreuth deGraft-Yankson, P. (8th – 13th April, 2022). Launch of the first EVC Book – Visual Cultures of Africa [Paper presentation]. Expert Panel Meeting, Nairobi deGraft-Yankson, P. (2022). Re-imaging Christian religious sculptural icons - Vincent Akwete Kofi's Crucifix in perspective. . https://www.explore-vc.org/en/objects/vincent-a... deGraft-Yankson, P. (2022). Collective Memory Virtual Exhibition - An Introduction. . https://www.explore-vc.org/en/galleries/2022-co... Koomson, E, deGraft-Yankson, P, Marful, A. B, Osei, M.,. (2022). Design thinking strategies in therapeutic assessment of adolescent emotional challenges. International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, 11(8), 33-38. E. Acquah, P-H.S.A. Assako, P. deGraft-Yankson, M.C. Kidenda, N. Pauli & A. Sooful (Eds.). (2022). Collective memory exhibition as a resource for education. In, Collective memory. Visual perspectives from Cameroon, Germany, Ghana, Kenya & South Africa. Kopaed. , . deGraft-Yankson, P. (2022). The past has a lot to share: Collective memory exhibition as a resource for education. In E. Acquah, P-H.S.A. Assako, P. deGraft-Yankson, M.C. Kidenda, N. Pauli & A. Sooful (Eds.) Collective memory. Visual perspectives from Cameroon, Germany, Ghana, Kenya & South Africa. Kopaed, . deGraft-Yankson, P. (2022). Introduction. In Collective memory. Visual perspectives from Cameroon, Germany, Ghana, Kenya & South Africa . Kopaed, . deGraft-Yankson, P. (15th to 16th July, 2021). Interpretational Practices in the Postcolonial Era: Transcultural Perspectives in Cameroon, Germany, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa [Paper presentation]. Visual Culture & Memory 2021 Conference at Academy of the UNESCO Chair, Nuremberg deGraft-Yankson, P. (2021). In search for definition: Investigation into the Concept and Context of Ghanaian art [Paper presentation]. Documenta 15 Lecture series (#4, Augsburg Patrique
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- +233 248 882 966
- pdyankson@uew.edu.gh
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Office #1 Graphics Room 1 & 2 Block North CampusDepartment
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Entrepreneurship
Research Methods
Reflections and Assessment of Industrial Attachment Portfolio
