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Afterword: Persistence, the Pandemic and PGR Pedagogies
Get PDFIn this afterword, I reflect on my involvement in one element of Warwick’s pandemic contingency work and how PGR tutors made a significant contribution. I consider this in light of the pieces in this inaugural JPPP issue, looking at what this tells us about the value of working with postgraduate researchers who teach, with reference to recent activities, events and surveys and through the lens of persistence in learning
A Teacher’s Autoethnography: The impact of lifelong experiences in shaping worldviews and teacher identity
No full textLiterature has explored education and its values, highlighting the significance of experience in learning. However, a paucity of research has investigated the importance of teachers’ lifelong experiences in shaping their views toward education. Employing a collaborative autoethnographic methodology, this study attempts to provide insights into the significance of teachers’ lifelong experiences in shaping their views and their teacher identity. The narratives highlight the influence of the living environment and life events in shaping worldviews, along with affirmation of the individual’s agency in self-regulation. A dynamic accumulation of various lifelong experiences like losing Author 1’s father, war, and harassment at school shaped his teacher identity. Understanding the significance of this process helps teachers to appreciate their experiences and recognise their role in shaping students’ views and identifies. In conclusion, teachers’ socially constructed identity shapes their educational perspectives, reminding them of teachers’ role in shaping students’ experiences. This knowledge could be valuable in future teacher education programs and developing educational material for learners.
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In Conversation with Mehdi Moharami [16:30
How different are women and men?
Get PDFBooks Reviewed:
The Better Half: On the Genetic Superiority of Women by Sharon Moalem (Penguin, April 2020)
The Gendered Brain: The New Neuroscience that Shatters the Myth of the Female Brain by Gina Rippon (The Bodley Head, February 2019)
Gender Mosaic: Beyond the Myth of the Male and Female Brain by Daphna Joel and Luba Vikhanski (Hachette, September 2019)
Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality by Anne Fausto-Sterling (Basic Books, June 2020
Things Are Heating Up: Reflections on Utopia, Dystopia and Climate Change, the 20th International Conference of the Utopian Studies Society, Europe
No full textThis article offers a short scholarly reflection on the 20th international conference of the Utopian Studies Society, themed around utopia, dystopia and climate change, and hosted by Monash University’s European centre in Prato, Italy. Engaging with numerous threads which emerged organically across multiple panels, this article positions the notions of change, resistance, and activism within the heart of the conference’s focus. In doing so, it relates the implications of these discussions to the wider ecological future of the planet, asking how utopian ideals are enacted, challenged and expanded in a time of global crisis. Simultaneously, it turns its gaze inwards, applying its thinking to the structures of the conference and Society itself, asking how utopian principles may be practised within the workings of utopian studies itself, as well as the wider academic field
‘The Sagacity of Words’: Gandhi and 21st Century Hip Hop
No full textBest known for his ideas of ahimsa and satyagraha, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a prominent figure in the Indian freedom movement. Even today, he is highly revered for his philosophy of non-violence which was also an integral part of India’s freedom struggle. Gandhi was responsible for making non-violent protests an important part of the movement. Now famous as a global expressive culture including forms of dance and music, Hip Hop, too, was conceived as a reaction to the violence that pervaded the gang culture of the late-1960s to early-1970s in The Bronx, New York City. Drawing from this thread of similarity, this article fleshes out parallels between the ideas of Gandhi and Hip Hop culture. Divided into three sections, it begins by establishing the cultural linkages between Gandhi, the Gandhian foundations of Hip Hop, and marking out the rationale of the study. The following section goes on to discuss the intertwining strings between Gandhi’s perceptions of knowledge and the significance of knowledge in Hip Hop culture. Finally, the third section discusses references to and representations of Gandhi in selected works of 21st century Hip Hop. In doing so, the article posits that Gandhism and Hip Hop culture belong to a similar lineage of ideas, if not the same one.
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In Conversation with Elloit Cardozo [14:01
Breadth, ‘National Needs’, and Reimagining the Role of the University in Society: The early University of Warwick
No full textA persistent critique of university histories is their lack of consideration for the influence of external forces. How did the political and societal pressures of the 1960s inform understandings of the contributions that students and universities should make to society? This article investigates how pressures that the universities contribute to the ‘national need’ informed the design of studies and the built environment at the University of Warwick.
Vice-Chancellor of Warwick ‘Jack’ Butterworth in 1970 found himself and his university criticised for permitting an ‘oligarchy of industrialists,’ to subjugate the university and force it to mass-produce ‘capitalistic,’ managers. For Butterworth this was no coup but a reorientation of the purpose of a university towards public needs. At Warwick, a new university was imagined. Its environment and teaching programme stressed ‘breadth’ and spontaneity so that it might produce students armed with ‘pure’ knowledge to be ‘applied’ to practical issues of the day, particularly those found in industry. The nation needed such broad-minded, productive graduates in order to engender the prosperous liberal society. This educational philosophy is identifiable in Butterworth’s proposals for his business school, Warwick’s foiled attempt to merge with the local college of technology, and its unsuccessful early designs for halls of residence.
Reflections on ‘Then & Now’: Arts and cultural management and the shortcomings of student-led research projects
No full textThis article provides a student reflection on the management process of a student-led research project entitled Then & Now: Arts at Warwick. The project sought to document the history of the Arts Faculty at Warwick University and communicate it to the wider community. It was an interdisciplinary and collaborative co-creation project that brought together undergraduate and postgraduate students from across the Arts Faculty. Setting and aiming the goals of the project activities, managing teamwork and research processes, and planning and implementing the public engagement strategy in the unprecedented times of the Coronavirus pandemic were challenging and rewarding experiences. The article, framed by scholarly perspectives, summarises the key aspects of the project management process by discussing and analysing the role of an arts and cultural manager. The Then & Now project provided an opportunity to reflect on the significance of the profession while developing and learning new online-based project management practices
In between neo-liberalism and religious fundamentalism: Some reflections on contemporary Israel and some of its women
Get PDFThis article provides a framework to understand the ways in which the Israeli state, Jewishness, neo-liberalisation and religionization of the Zionist project have been interwoven historically. This interweaving, however, has deepened since the beginning of Israeli religionization after the 1967 war and especially with Israel’s embrace of neoliberalisation during the 1980s. It examines the effects these have had on gender relations in Israel, focusing on the incorporation of ultra-orthodox Israeli Jewish women into the labour market and higher education as an illustrative case study.
Key words: Israel, Zionism, Jewishness, religionization, Jewish fundamentalism, neo-liberalisation, ultra-orthodox women
Elaborare il trauma: La poesia in prosa di Libretto di transito di Franca Mancinelli
No full textThe article analyses the transition from poem in verses to prose poem in Franca Mancinelli’s works. This stylistic choice was defined by the ability of the poem in prose to represent trauma. The article contains the results of an analysis of Libretto di transito from the point of view of post-traumatic memory.
Nel presente articolo è analizzato il passaggio dalla poesia divisa in versi alla poesia in prosa nella lirica di Franca Mancinelli. Questa scelta stilistica è stata definita anche dal potere del genere ibrido della poesia in prosa di rappresentare il trauma. L’articolo riassume i risultati dell’analisi di Libretto di transito dal punto di vista della memoria post-traumatica