*2nd CFP*
Conference: RGS-IBG Annual Meeting, 31st August to 2nd September 2011, London
Development (and) education: producing, maintaining, disrupting the geographical imagination of global others?
Organiser: Lynne Wyness, University of Exeter
Joint sponsors: Developing Areas Research Group and Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Research Group
Responding to the recent call for a more ‘joined-up’ approach to critical work within the geographies of education (Thiem, 2009), this session broadly aims to examine the nexus between development and education. Since the 1970s, education systems in most Northern countries have featured some element of learning about development issues in countries of the global South. Starting as a distinctly peripheral and radical strand of education, development education has since undergone increasing professionalization and inclusion into mainstream education, taking many forms (world studies, peace education, global education/ learning, global citizenship) along the way.
This session seeks to explore the (past, current and future) role of development education in the production of geographical imaginaries of global ‘others’ within learners in educational contexts. What influence does/can it have in maintaining/ performing/ disrupting such imaginaries? What devices have been/ could be employed in the production of these geographical imaginaries, and what pedagogies have been/could be drawn upon to engender ‘positive’ North-South relations? As the world undergoes substantial shifts in public funding in both education and international development, what are the implications for the future of development education and could this offer an opportunity for the re-politicising of the field?
We welcome papers and presentations from academics and practitioners that would further this debate. Contributions might address the following areas:
* Educational partnerships between Northern and Southern countries
* Critical pedagogy within global learning
* Curriculum content
* The advent of ‘global citizenship’ within education and its links to wider notions of cosmopolitanism
* Children and young people’s global imaginations
* Teacher training in development education
* The role of NGOs/ charities in the development education field
If you are interested in participating in this session, please send your abstract (around 250 words) to Lynne Wyness ([log in to unmask]) by February 3rd 2011.
References:
Thiem, C. H. (2009) 'Thinking through education: the geographies of contemporary educational restructuring', Progress in Human Geography, 33:2, 154-173
Lynne Wyness
PhD Researcher
Geography
College of Life and Environmental Sciences
University of Exeter
Amory Building,
Rennes Drive
Exeter
EX4 4RJ
http://www.eprofile.ex.ac.uk/lynnewyness
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