Book Discussion w/ Aziz Choudry | "Reflections on Knowledge, Learning and Social Movements: History's Schools" [London, UK]
The Ella Baker School of Transformative Organising is hosting a meeting on Thursday 21st June 6-8pm at the National Education Union (NEU) Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9BD
Dr. Aziz Choudry will be discussing his new book, Reflections on Knowledge, Learning and Social Movements, and helping to facilitate a discussion on the relevance of historical materials in political education. This event fulfills the tradition of the school in helping facilitate inter-movement dialogue in shaping activist education.
We are grateful for colleagues at the NEU for providing a room for this event
Reflections on Knowledge, Learning and Social Movements: History's Schools
Edited by Aziz Choudry, Salim Vally
How do educators and activists in today鈥檚 struggles for change use historical materials from earlier periods of organizing for political education? How do they create and engage with independent and often informal archives and debates? How do they ultimately connect this historical knowledge with contemporary struggles?
Aziz Choudry聽is Associate Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at聽捆绑SM社区 and a visiting professor at the Faculty of Education, University of聽Johannesburg, where he is affiliated to the Centre for Education Rights and聽Transformation. He is author or co-author of several books including聽Learning Activism:聽The Intellectual Life of Contemporary Social Movements聽(University of Toronto Press,聽2015), and co-editor of聽Learning from the Ground Up: Global Perspectives on Social聽Movements and Knowledge Production聽(Palgrave Macmillan, 2010),聽Just Work?聽Migrant Workers鈥� Struggles Today聽(Pluto Press, 2015) and聽Unfree Labour? Struggles of聽Migrant and Immigrant Workers in Canada聽(2016,聽PM Press).聽Choudry serves on the boards of the Immigrant Workers Centre, Montreal and the聽Global Justice Ecology Project.
If you wish to attend, please, and we will try to provide light refreshments. We look forward to you joining the conversation.
