Tag: knowledge production

Critical Pedagogies: Equality and Diversity in a Changing Institution

by alternativeartcollege

Interdisciplinary Symposium at the University of Edinburgh, 6th Sept 2013

Keynote speakers:
Professor Heidi Safia Mirza
(Professor of Race, Faith and Culture, Goldsmiths College, University of London)

Professor Joyce Canaan
(Professor of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, Birmingham City University)

Critical pedagogies rely on notions of cooperation, dialogue and mutual recognition, on the conviction that everyone takes part in knowledge production. The variety of perspectives within this particular field attests to the diversity of the classrooms in which we learn and teach. The theoretical contexts for critical pedagogies are multifaceted and interdisciplinary, including works from the fields of postcolonial and critical race theory, feminist theory, political and social sciences.