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The Great Game of Power : Critical Pedagogy in Conflicted Times
Get PDFThis paper is informed by a systematisation of Active Inquiry’s Spect-Act project, which engaged three community organisations in Edinburgh with Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed. A systematic process of reflection and action illuminated a variety of tensions in the work, funded by Creative Scotland and apparently in tune with Government rhetoric relating to socially engaged art, community empowerment and service user involvement. We explore the tensions and consider the challenges of this form of critical pedagogy in a political context very different from the one which stimulated the practice of Freire and Boal
Trans Inclusion in Women Only Spaces
Get PDFWithin the past decade, public awareness of transgender identities has grown exponentially, with the Times cover feature by Laverne Cox claiming a \u27transgender tipping point\u27. [1]Transgender is an umbrella used to describe any person whose gender identity (that is, their felt sense of self) differs from the one they were assigned at birth. Judith Butler noted in Gender Trouble that the idea of gender is reified at the moment of birth when a midwife declares: it’s a boy/girl (Butler, 1990)! Transgender people, those who live in identities outside this early declaration, come in many forms: they may choose to transition from their acquired sex into their held gender identity with the assistance of surgery and hormones; they may simply socially transition by changing their name and presentation; or they may not identify as either a man or a woman, defying the binaries that patriarchal society is run on.
[1] http://time.com/132769/transgender-orange-is-the-new-black-laverne-cox-interview
Public Sociology Colloquium, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh: 7th November 2018
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Youth Work: Converging and diverging responses in Scotland
No full textIn March 2019, Annette Coburn was invited to review Austerity, Youth Policy and the Deconstruction of the Youth Service in England by Bernard Davies (Palgrave, 2018). Having submitted the review, Annette, and colleague Sinead Gormally, were then invited to write a response, exploring Scottish perspectives and questions generated by the original review. Both are presented below
Relocating Place in the Life of Neo-Liberal Youth
Get PDFIt has been heartening of late to note a growing focus on the importance of \u27place\u27 in the sociological literature in relation to the lives of young people. For any youth work practitioner its importance is not lost, but it has often been overlooked in academic writing as scholars (quite rightly) sought to unpick mechanisms of discrimination and inequality related to factors of class, gender, race and disability amongst others. Recently, however, many authors have noted that alongside these more traditional \u27axes,\u27 place should be incorporated into (not alongside - an important distinction) the dynamic, such is its influence
\u27Open\u27 Youth Work in 2019: A backward look
Get PDFThis article makes no claim to providing a definitive response to its title. Indeed, what follows is often speculative, particularly in its re-examination of the periods of youth work’s history it covers. Its main aim is to offer critical analysis and comment, not least as a possible prompt for identifying messages from that history which might be relevant to the current struggles to sustain and reinstate ‘open’ youth work in England and perhaps beyond
The Young Unemployed and a ‘Perfect Storm’ of Stigmatisation
Get PDFDuring the course of my research I interviewed a number of young people who have made a conscious decision to not apply for social security. At first this baffled me as every single young person in this situation was entitled to do so. But when their reasons for not taking up entitlements became clear, I could well understand their decision even if it further impoverished already struggling households.
What is apparent from the interviews I’ve carried out is the sense of stigma and shame that the young people feel from the potential of accessing social security. Baumberg (2016) makes the point that ‘benefits stigma’ has seen a resurgence in 21st Century Britain due to a number of overlapping factors. He describes ‘personal stigma’ in this context as ‘a person’s own feeling that claiming benefits conveys a devalued identity’ (p183). It’s clear that such a description chimes with what the young people have been telling me, that they feel claiming benefits would result in them feeling ashamed – and lesser – should they access their entitlements
Óscar García Agustín & Martin Bak (eds) (2016) Solidarity Without Borders: Gramscian Perspectives on Migration and Civil Society Alliances
Get PDFHow can democratic and progressive movements build and sustain networks of solidarity and action that are effective on a transnational scale? This is a crucial question if we want to halt the rise of inequality, avoid an acceleration in climate change and find egalitarian solutions to global issues. Thus, I read Solidarity Across Borders, a new edited collection which explores how solidarity is being envisaged and acted upon in relation to migration, with keen interest. 
Special Anniversary Issue: Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Get PDFThis is a special issue of CONCEPT journal celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed. We regard the Special Issue as a fitting tribute from a range of distinctive voices to perhaps one of the most distinctive, compelling and (still) contemporary voices in popular education.
Contents
Editorial - Mel Aitken & Mae Shaw
Why Freire Still Matters - Jim Crowther/Ian Martin
Reclaiming the radical agenda: Paulo Freire in Neoliberal Times - Margaret Ledwith
A Northeastern Brazilian: Memories of Paulo Freire - Budd L Hall
The Road Not Taken: The Road Still Open - Colin & Gerri Kirkwood
What Freire Means to Me - Lyn Tett, Louise Sheridan & Christina McMellon
POTO and the Power of Big Words - CAMINA
Pedagogy of Courage - Joel Lazarus
Freire at the Ceilidh - Stan Reeves
Why Gramsci offers us a framework for understanding the work of Freire - Keith Popple
In solidarity: international reflections;
Freire at the University of Seville - Emilio Lucio-Villeg
Reflections on Pop Ed in Latin America and the Caribbean - Viviana Cruz McDougall
A message of solidarity from South Africa - Astrid von Kotze
Review: A Student Guide to POTO - Bill Johnsto
The Idea of a University
Get PDFTony Jeffs discusses an important inspiration for his work and thinkng, the 1852 book \u27The idea of the University\u27 by John Henry Newman. Jeffs argues that \u27Opponents may dismiss Newman as a naysayer, a worrywart whose views are passé, but for those desirous of a sector founded upon something more nuanced than the cash nexus Newman provides a rich seam of ideas\u27.