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Pedagogy of the Precariat

by Petar Jandric and Henry A. Giroux Posted here is the final section of the interview. For the whole interview follow the link on the bottom of the page. Towards a pedagogy of the precariat Petar Jandric: As a common … Continue reading
Posted in Big Featured, Education, Featured Articles, Public Intellectuals
Tagged critical pedagogy, cultural studies, democracy, digital media, education, neoliberalism, precariat, social movements
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David Theo Goldberg – The Afterlife of the Humanities (Video Lecture)

David Theo Goldberg considers some of the challenges facing the humanities today in the context of current economic conditions and their impact on higher education. How might humanists think about their practice in light of such conditions? How could we (as scholars and universities) move toward a more publicly engaged, probative, and open-ended humanistic pedagogy and practice?
Posted in Education, Public Intellectuals
Tagged David Theo Goldberg, digital media, humanities, public engagement, Public Intellectuals Project Speakers' Series, Susan Searls Giroux, the university
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The Histories of Violence Project

In our post-9/11 age, the dominant media continue to dangerously desensitize citizens from the violence inherent in the brutal conflicts of this wartime, thus discouraging them from calling for an end to violence. Acting as an alternative form of widely accessible media, the Histories of Violence website created by Brad Evans (University of Leeds) emerges at this time as an important space of intellectual resistance to violence and to its seeming inevitability.
Posted in Public Intellectuals, Social Justice
Tagged 9/11, Brad Evans, digital media, Noam Chomsky, politics, public intellectuals, University of Leeds, violence, war, Zygmunt Bauman
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‘Kony 2012’ : Resistance in the Digital Age and the Importance of Critical Activism

“Where You Live Shouldn’t Determine Whether You Live” Invisible Children is an activist group using digital media to make visible the abduction, torture, and military conscription of children in Central Africa. This incredible film is about the potential of youth … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Social Justice
Tagged critical activism, digital media, KONY 2012, NGOs, politics, social movements, war, youth
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