[SSC] Maps and politics of 'radical education projects'

[David Young]

Dear Sarah,

Thanks for sharing these texts and your thoughts around this central issue.

On the idea of bringing people together, I think this is an excellent
suggestion, and is in fact what one such "alternative education" project is
attempting to do in London next month. Dougald Hine's "University Project"
is holding a "Universities Past and Future" event at the Hub in Westminster
from 14th - 16th October. More here:

http://univproject.pbworks.com/w/page/45692087/The%20University%20Project

That said, it may be that we, the SSC, consider hosting a similar event to
discuss, as you suggest, the politics and pedagogies of forms of alternative
education.

Thanks,
David.

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 10:58 PM, Amsler, Sarah <S.S.AMSLER at aston.ac.uk>wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I came across the two texts below and would be interested in discussing
> them with anyone also interested. I think they offer a way into some
> pressing questions about major concepts (freeness and freedom, radicalism,
> anarchistic politics, etc.) that are being both materialised in practice and
> called into question. It might be an interesting exercise, for example, to
> try to formulate responses to some of the (perhaps rhetorically framed)
> questions in the second.
>
> Sociological Imagination's working list of 'radical education projects' in
> the UK:
> http://sociologicalimagination.org/a-work-in-progress
>
> Andrew Taggart's critical questioning of the above forms, as particularly
> read:
>
> http://andrewjtaggart.com/2011/09/19/on-the-other-side-of-radical-education-lies-wisdom-an-exhortation-or-on-the-question-whether-really-free-is-really-good/
>
> After spending a second weekend working with the people of the Free
> University of Liverpool (to whom I will send a copy of this message), I am
> clearer that there is certainly a moment of emergence with these different
> projects, which have been developing for a little (or long) while, all
> coming into some serious material form but often autonomously from each
> other. I'd like to think about the place of this in history, the context of
> this historical moment and the forms of politics and pedagogies being
> developed -- and whether or not they really are all characterised by a
> 'shared ethos of anarchism' (an argument which I do not entirely agree with)
> it seems like a wider conversation to have on the radar. I have had some
> thoughts about at some point in the reasonably near future bringing people
> involved in these different projects/spaces together to share experiences
> and imaginaries?
>
> Best,
> Sarah
>
> Dr Sarah S Amsler
> Lecturer in Sociology
> Aston University
> Birmingham, B4 7ET, UK
> +44 (0) 121 204 3072
> s.s.amsler at aston.ac.uk
>
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