Overview
How do activists learn radical politics? Does the increasing neoliberalisation of education limit the possibilities of transgressive pedagogies? And in what contexts have anarchist geographers successfully shaped alternative pedagogic practices? Pedagogy is central to geographical knowledge and represents one of the key sites of contact where anarchist approaches can inform and revitalize contemporary geographical thought. This book looks at how anarchist geographers have shaped pedagogies that move towards bottom-up, ‘organic’ transformations of societies, spaces, subjectivities, and modes of organizing, where the importance of direct action and prefigurative politics take precedence over concerns about the state. Examining contemporary and historical case studies across the world, from formal and informal contexts, the chapters show the potential for new imaginaries of anarchist geographies that will challenge and inspire geographers to travel beyond the traditional frontiers of geographical knowledge.
Full Product Details
Author: Simon Springer ,
Marcelo Lopes de Souza ,
Richard J. White
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield International
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield International
Dimensions:
Width: 15.00cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.431kg
ISBN: 9781783486700
ISBN 10: 1783486708
Pages: 290
Publication Date: 27 May 2016
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Anarchism's intersection with Geography is unavoidable and this collection of experiences, histories and manifestos enjoins discussion, inspiration and fascination. -- James D. Sidaway, Professor of Political Geography, National University of Singapore The Radicalization of Pedagogy not only brings together an amazing set of essays that showcase the pedagogical insights that anarchist geographies contain, it also shows how the active engagement with anarchist traditions is transformative. One of the central themes of this book is the intimate relationship between methods of learning and the construction of knowledges. Anarchist geographers not only challenge fixed, state-centric conceptions of the world but develop collaborative and egalitarian approaches to knowledge acquisition as part of the process. In doing so, they blur the lines between learners and educators and generate critical perspectives rooted in local and lived experience. Springer, de Souza and White's inspiring collection reveals what anarchists have contributed to geography and describes what geography might still discover by developing anarchist insights. -- Ruth Kinna, Professor of Political Theory, Loughborough University
Anarchism's intersection with Geography is unavoidable and this collection of experiences, histories and manifestos enjoins discussion, inspiration and fascination. -- James D. Sidaway, Professor of Political Geography, National University of Singapore The Radicalization of Pedagogy not only brings together an amazing set of essays that showcase the pedagogical insights that anarchist geographies contain, it also shows how the active engagement with anarchist traditions is transformative. One of the central themes of this book is the intimate relationship between methods of learning and the construction of knowledges. Anarchist geographers not only challenge fixed, state-centric conceptions of the world but develop collaborative and egalitarian approaches to knowledge acquisition as part of the process. In doing so, they blur the lines between learners and educators and generate critical perspectives rooted in local and lived experience. Springer, de Souza and White's inspiring collection reveals what anarchists have contributed to geography and describes what geography might still discover by developing anarchist insights. -- Ruth Kinna, Professor of Political Theory, Loughborough University Thanks to editors and contributors alike for this excellent and compelling collection and for invoking Kropotkin's 'spirit of revolt'! In this quietist and cynical era, it is surely well past-time to radically rethink every one of our pedagogical imaginarias, from teaching and classrooms, to the industrial university to what we demand from the people, and especially the kids, around us. This book is both theoretically challenging and accessibly inviting enough to add significant fuel to anyone's interest in solidarity, mutual aid and a liberation from pedagogy. -- Matt Hern, Activist, Director of the Purple Thistle Centre, Co-Director of 2+10 Industries and author of Field Day: Getting Society Out of School.
Author Information
Simon Springer is Associate Professor of Geography at University of Victoria, Canada Marcelo Lopes de Souza is Professor of Geography at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil. Richard J. White is Reader in Economic Geography at Sheffield Hallam University, UK
