Bartleby, The Scrivener

Ecoversities Gathering in Portugal

Stories from our first Ecoversities Gathering in August 2015 in Tamera, Portugal.

Decolonising English Studies: Attaining Swaraj

A powerful Valedictory Address on decolonizing ourselves.

Questioning Authority

There are a number of stereotypical attributes that are unjustifiably linked to expertise, and it is important to avoid relying on them These stereotypes include age, wealth, maleness, whiteness, self-confidence, credentials, specialization, and techno-elitism.

Declaration of Decolonizing Education (draft for comments)

I can no longer accept a narrative of education, which teaches me that my village grandmother was illiterate, primitive, backward, stupid, uneducated, underdeveloped, uncivilized and not capable of managing her own affairs.

Development Dictionary

In this classic collection, some of the world's most eminent critics of development review the key concepts of the development discourse.

From a Pedagogy for Liberation to Liberation from Pedagogy

Given the well-established image of Paulo Freire as a progressive, radical even revolutionary, it may seem preposterous, outrageous, even ridiculous to present him as a conservative thinker and practitioner.