Walking in the footsteps of educational visionaries Paulo Freire (Pedagogy of the Oppressed), Ivan Illich (Deschooling Society), and Marshall Rosenberg (Mutual Education), this session begins with grounding in learning as a voluntary and collaborative activity oriented to the needs and capacities of all involved. This, then, serves as the entryway into an exploration of larger
Pre-session texts: [13/06, 12:55] Emilio’s email: My idea is based more on video than live intervention, but of course this is only one of the possible proposals. I think of a meeting where we can present and see our videos well. We decide on a theme. For example: Peace. No words, just videos. We each
Pre-session text: [02/05, 21:14] Emilio’s email: How to be author and spectator at the same time? How can an author control his or her ego without limiting imagination and creativity? How to be a spectator by exceeding our expectations and trying to grasp something that does not belong to us, that is far from our
Pre-session text: [07/04, 15:30] Emilio’s document on drive: Following the thread that led us to investigate time and perception, we are going to consider the relationship between author and viewer. It is always a matter of time and perception, but also of sharing. Screening can determine a non geographical space of identification determined by two
Pre-session text: [20/2, 15:30] Emilio’s email: Sorry for the raw material but I wanted start the process… Waiting for your observations, comments, modifications The theme of perception is directly linked to the one of time, so it is the continuation of the discussion we started in our first AULab session. My last comment before we
PRE-SESSION TEXT (The following is the exchange-conversation that Emilio, Camilo and Marlene (The Ecoversities Audiovisual Lab (AuLab) facilitators) had by email and whatsapp threads, as an initial input and example for the 1st session, that happened on Wednesday February 14th 2024) [2/9, 17:59] Emilio’s email: We have prepared some inputs for reflecting about some aspects
by Françoise Vergès History’s contribution to civic education and awareness is to alert to the existence of entangled histories, to bring light to the ways in which consent to political and economic systems is fabricated, the ways in which racist representations are created and circulated, and how networks of solidarity come to be. The group
This fanzine is built with the collective gardening and the harvest of the last 3 years from attendees, speakers, volunteers, panelists, and organizers.
We had in mind that the conference has inspired people to share poetry, drawings, notes, ideas, inspiring and profound phrases, songs; we found so
much beauty that we wanted to take the time to create this fanzine by hand. We made it in this format because it gives us the freedom to link different forms of expression.
There are many things; we couldn’t include everything. We apologize in advance if we did not include you in this compilation.
The REC conference is offered in the spirit of the gift, we believe in generosity, love and kindness and we are open to receiving gifts in return.
Interview transcribed and compiled by Wangüi wa Kamonji. In February 2022, 3 ecoversities initiators from Cairo, Egypt, Dakar, Senegal and Nairobi, Kenya, met in a gathering exploring Faju (healing) in Dakar. In the middle of workshops, talks and activations, we sat down to connect about our journeys and unearth what we had learnt so far. Each
by Maura Stephens and Alessandra Pomarico Most living things and virtually all of the freshwater in the Palestinian Occupied Territories have been destroyed. Photo from University of British Columbia by sierra ying allen/ Ecoversities Like others around the world, we’ve been watching as neoliberal and corporate-controlled universities repress, silence, and violate peaceful protesters who are
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