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• 30 May 2021

  Paris

  Call for papers - Thought

  Decolonial studies. From theory to practice

  Abya Yala, Caribbean, Africa, Europe, Asia

  The arrival and emergence of studies, research or reflections claiming to be “decolonial” in Europe or in formerly colonised societies (particularly in Africa) should not be reduced to another anachronistic or nativist intellectual mode seeking to simplify or replay colonial encounters as certain authors or journalists (especially in France) think. If these studies seem recent to the French-speaking reader, and more particularly to the French reader, it should be pointed out that they stem from a Latin-American intellectual critical tradition (dialoguing with several intellectual streams such as the theory of dependence, liberation theology, studies on the world-system) and that several publications by Latin-American or Latin-American researchers have been describing them for several decades.

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• 03 Jun 2015

  Geneva

  Study days - Geography

  Considering spaces of alternative learning

  This conference aims to interrogate space as an educational tool. Recent literature is rather unanimous in stating that space is not a neutral element and that, in education, spatiality plays a role in the construction of social and educational relations; questioning how space could operate in building models of ‘alternative’, ‘critical’ or ‘citizen’ education is more controversial. But how could we define an alternative or critical education? Which places and spaces can we consider ‘different’ from institutional and conventional educational models?

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• 02 May 2013

  03 May 2013

  Fribourg

  Study days - Education

  Géographie, enseignement et tendances libertaires

  L’école et l’enseignement de la géographie doivent beaucoup aux expériences historiques de la pédagogie libertaire (universités populaires et ouvrières, écoles nouvelles, Écoles Ferrer, etc.). La Suisse occupe une position importante en Europe et dans le monde de ce point de vue, pour avoir hébergé les réseaux d’exilés qui, tout en s’insérant dans la tradition pestalozzienne, ont inauguré cette démarche. Parmi eux, des géographes comme Élisée Reclus (1830-1905), Pierre Kropotkine (1842-1921) ou encore Charles Perron (1837-1909) ont été les pionniers de la nouvelle approche qui envisageait une pédagogie géographique passant par l’expérience directe du monde et se passant tant que possible de manuels et de cartes. Ces discours révèlent aujourd’hui leur étonnante modernité du point de vue des approches pédagogiques et didactiques, des dispositifs soulevant le rôle de l’école publique lorsqu’elle est remise en question et de la géographie de l’expérience du monde confrontée à l’enseignement. Le problème de la multi-culturalité à l’école était déjà posé à cette époque par l’entremise de principes cosmopolites véhiculés par le mouvement libertaire.

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• 22 Apr 2013

  Greenwich

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - History

  Student research intern programme: History of science and technology

  National Maritime Museum UK 2013-2014

  The Museum created this intern programme to further develop its research activity in the vital fields of time, navigation, astronomy, cartography and nautical technology. Our collections in this area are world-class and we need to ensure they are well researched so that the Museum can make them accessible to a wide range of audiences.

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