Full Description
It is vital that we decolonise community education and development - learning from the past in order to challenge current discrimination and oppression more effectively. In this book, Marjorie Mayo identifies ways of developing more inclusive policies and practices, working towards social justice for the future. She also tackles the pervasive influence of the 'culture wars' undermining work in communities, including the denial of problematic colonial legacies.
Inspired by movements such as Black Lives Matter and labour solidarity, the book includes case studies from the US, UK and the Global South, outlining the lessons that can be applied to community education and development training and practice.
Contents
1. Introduction: Learning from Contested Histories
2. 'Culture Wars', Competing Ideologies and the Development of Critical Consciousness in Movements for Social Change
3. Decolonising the Curriculum: Knowledge and Whose Knowledge Counts?
4. Exploring the Contested Histories of Adult Community Education and Development
5. Learning from Struggles for Freedom and Justice in South Africa
6. Co-creating Knowledge and Learning from Labour Movement Histories
7. Communities, Social Movements and Municipal Strategies for Equalities and Solidarity
8. Learning through the Arts: Cultural Strategies for Decolonisation
9. Bringing It All Together Again
