Towards a pluriverse of possibilities: unlearning separation, re-learning relationality
14 — 14 September 2023, 08:00 am - 05:00 pm
Workshop
The world as we know it is not sustainable. To change these realities, we need to dig deep to the very roots of Western thinking – this is a big story of alternative worldmaking at every level. This includes how we live, work, produce and distribute food, water, and energy.
This set of two participatory workshops encourages us to rebuild understandings of the inter-connectedness of everything so that we reignite relationships with one another and the planet. Instead of continuing to exploit the natural world we nurture and sustain it.
Through dialogue we will question: how and why did we lose our connectivity, our kinship with other living beings, our own embodiedness; and how do we unlearn separation and relearn relationality? As educators and activists, how do we generate a pluriverse of possibilities?
Workshop One will focus on Relearning kinship ethics – this is based on understanding the shift from modernity to relationality;
Workshop Two will focus on Composting Modernity, using past values and ethics to ‘compost’ practical possibilities for transformative practice.
- Dates: 14 September and 5 October 2023
- Time: PST 10h00; SAST 19h00
- Length: 2 hours
The workshops will be led by Dr Elizabeth Lange, author of the inspiring book (2023), Transformative Sustainability Education: Reimagining our Future. This book lays out the principles and practices of transformative sustainability education using a relational way of thinking and being.
We invite you to commit to both workshops and register in advance:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkce-prjkiHN1Lwmb-IaFAK1aYafKMuv2b
Background:
This Teach-In series is a continuation of the PIMA webinars on Climate Justice Education which have run since 2020 in collaboration with the Canadian Association for Studies in Adult Education (CASAE), Adult Learning Australia (ALA), Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in Education of Adults (SCUTREA), and MOJA African Adult Education Network. The webinars have fed into two special editions of the PIMA Bulletin 39 (Nov 21), 45 (Jan 23) January 2023 Bulletin TOC | PIMA Network - they both provide useful background to the Teach-In.
For more information, contact: Shirley Walters, PIMA Climate Justice Education - ferris@iafrica.com
Cost
FreeUpcoming events
Formation des Bâtisseurs de Paix en Afrique 2024
Le cycle de formation « Formation des Bâtisseurs de paix en Afrique » est un projet de renforcement de capacités des acteurs de paix dans un nombre de pays en Afrique francophone en vue de la promotion de la paix, la gestion non-violente de conflits et un développement sensible aux conflits.
Dans beaucoup de pays d’Afrique, il existe des programmes de promotion de la paix et de sensibilité aux conflits. Ce travail pour la paix nécessite des stratégies adaptées à un contexte précis et une gestion efficace orientée vers un changement personnel, relationnel, structurel ainsi que culturel.
Pour les collaborateurs francophones des projets de paix (nationaux et internationaux), les occasions de se former dans le domaine de « paix, réconciliation et gestion civile de conflits » sont rares. C’est pourquoi nous avons commencé dès 2011 à offrir des modules de formation des bâtisseurs de paix en Afrique. Ces formations ont eu lieu en août 2011, mars 2014 et août 2021 à Bujumbura, en novembre 2017 à Kigali, en janvier 2013, janvier 2016 et août 2019 à Ouagadougou/Burkina Faso et en février 2022 et septembre 2022 à Yaoundé. Ces formations sont ouvertes à des participants travaillant dans des projets de paix de tous les pays francophones en Afrique ou à d’autres participants intéressés.
Le programme est composé de plusieurs modules. L'inscription se fait par module.
Past events
Reflecting on 30 years of democracy
The Divisions for Teaching Excellence, Institutional Planning, Evaluation and Monitoring (DIPEM) as well as Academic Development and Support (ADS), invite you to a lecture on: 30 Years of Education Policy and Practice - Looking Back and Looking Forward.
Guest Lecturer: Mr John Samuel | Respondents: Prof Salim Vally & Prof June Bam-Hutchinson
Date: 02 May 2024 | Time: 15:00 - 16:30 (South African Time)
Venue: STH, Sun International Auditorium, Bunting Road Campus, Johannesburg
RSVP: Link https://forms.office.com/r/U5z...
This event will be live streamed.
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8650...
Educationist John Samuel has contributed exceptionally to public life and the well-being of society at large as a leader at the heart of South Africa’s educational development over his lifetime.
Between 1965 and 1975 he was a teacher, education administrator and policy specialist, working in the secondary and post - secondary school systems in Zambia, England, Ghana and Nigeria. In 1979 he was appointed as the Executive Director the Southern African Council of Higher Education (SACHED). SACHED developed into one of the most innovative and pioneering independent education organisations in the country in the 1980s. Building on its long and successful legacy of developing alternatives to apartheid education, SACHED pioneered new developments in such areas as publishing, distance education, mass education through the newspaper, tutorial and support work for students.
As a result of this work, he was approached to head up the ANC’s Education Department during the transition years, playing a critical role through the establishment of the Centre for Education Policy Development and Constitutional working committee in mobilising education research for change and drafting the education clauses of the Constitution.
Between 1994 and 1997 he was appointed to the first Nelson Mandela government Education Department as DDG for Education Policy and Planning, in which capacity he again played a key role in mobilising research forces and crafting new legislation to sweep away the apartheid inheritance. From 1997 he became active in the work of the Kellogg Foundation, with which he developed a programme for rural education.
From 2000-March 2006 he was appointed Chief Executive to the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Under his leadership the foundation commissioned three major national studies that influenced policy development in this country and internationally, including Emerging Voices (2003-2004). This dealt with the critical challenges of rural schooling. The work resulted in the former Minister of Education setting up a rural school forum to develop strategies to tackle these challenges. He founded the Centre for Memory that became the Nelson Mandela Archives. He also launched the 46664 Concerts, a global platform for a major Aids Awareness Campaign, harnessing the commitment and interest of popular musicians and singers from around the world.
John Samuel is a person whose contribution to education in South Africa over time has been exceptional and deserves recognition. Please attend his lecture.
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discussions, and interactive sessions focusing on the intersection of education technology
linking with GAWE thematic priorities, with an emphasis on transforming education to benefit
all learners, particularly the most marginalised.