We live in perilous times. Challenges face us at a global level that can seem too huge and complex to address. They have correlates and consequences at the local and personal level that can sap our energy to imagine the world differently. And yet that is what we have to do: imagine that things can … Continue reading The Unlearning Project
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Towards ‘Defamiliarisation’ and Curriculum in a New Key
https://pesaagora.com/ideas/towards-defamiliarisation-and-curriculum-in-a-new-key/ What is curriculum for and how can it be rethought? This is a brief conceptual as well as practical article published on PESA Agora, aimed at offering practitioners, researchers and policy makers a different perspective on curriculum, starting from the notion of 'defamiliarisation'. The ideas in this article draw on the collaboration from which … Continue reading Towards ‘Defamiliarisation’ and Curriculum in a New Key
Podcast: Collaborating in a meaningful and transgressive way
This podcast is an interview with Jennifer Swinehart of Hong Kong Academy focusing on how learning organisations such as schools and universities can collaborate in a meaningful and transgressive way. The podcast includes reflections on a collaboration between her school and the Education University Hong Kong developed using the Punk Ethnography approach. The interview is … Continue reading Podcast: Collaborating in a meaningful and transgressive way
Punk Ethnography on BERA
Elke was interviewed in June 2021 for the British Education Research Association's Early Career Researchers' Network as part of a series on alternative research methods. The podcast is about 30 minutes long. The link to the podcast page is here: The BERA ECR Network presents: Beyond the orthodoxies: Alternative concepts and tools for research https://open.spotify.com/episode/2TDd65WrHfRnbqyrow7ExN?si=rdH0G_aFQpO1JXwPfDq0fw&dl_branch=1
Podcast: A conversation with a teacher/collaborator
This podcast is a 18 minute conversation between Elke and Natalie Bailey, a teacher involved in the research project at International College Hong Kong as described on the Act page. The recommendations listed by Natalie are: https://www.blackbox.education/about https://www.commonlit.org/
What is Punk Ethnography?
In this text, Elke describes Punk Ethnography as a futures forming practice. The text is approximately 8000 words long. This paper by Elke will be published in 2021 as a chapter in:Disruptions and Connections - Punk Pedagogies in PracticeEdited by Francis Stewart, Laura WayPublishers: Intellect
Punk Ethnography in a school context: A practitioner’s perspective
In this text, Douglas describes how the punk ethnographic practice guided a school-based project. The text is approximately 5000 words long.
Podcast: A conversation on the broader underpinnings of Punk Ethnography
This podcast is a 18 minute conversation between Elke and Steve Chatelier, a colleague of hers from the Education University Hong Kong whose research interests revolve around questions of politics and ethics in Education. They discuss some of the theoretical and broader matters that underpin Punk Ethnography. This conversation was recorded on 30/5/21. The show … Continue reading Podcast: A conversation on the broader underpinnings of Punk Ethnography
Podcast: The Origins of Punk Ethnography
This podcast is a 15 minute interview by Douglas with Elke about how Punk Ethnography came into being. The interview was recorded on 22/5/21. The book Elke recommends is: https://www.societyandspace.org/articles/another-science-is-possible-by-isabelle-stengers
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