Arrest 7: Deschooling

This podcast begins with a personal reflection on leaving my job as a school leader then returns to the work of Ivan Illich, mentioned in episode four, to look at his idea of deschooling. The podcast is about 17 minutes long. The transcript for the episode and the text of the book mentioned are below, … Continue reading Arrest 7: Deschooling →

The Unlearning Podcast 7: Voice Your Place with Iarina Tava

This podcast features Iarina Tava, an architect working in Romania in a interdisciplinary way. We discuss how unlearning relates to the way she works and particularly focus on a project called Voice Your Place that she undertook with high school students in her Romanian home town. The podcast is 28 minutes long. To explore more … Continue reading The Unlearning Podcast 7: Voice Your Place with Iarina Tava →

Arrest 4: Tools for Conviviality

The Tamalone. This podcast begins with a floor-sanding fail and goes on to consider the idea and book Tools for Conviviality by Ivan Illich. Illich developed his ideas in the early 1970s, yet they remain very pertinent today, specifically in the context of technology and the digital world. The podcast is about 12 minutes long. … Continue reading Arrest 4: Tools for Conviviality →

The Unlearning Podcast 5: Schooling in Mutual Aid with Destiny and Silvana.

In this podcast we talk with Destiny Bunprakong and Silvana Rhoads, both student-teachers in the Bachelor of International Teacher Education for Primary Schools at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. They discuss their vision for a school informed by the principles of mutual aid and ecology. The interview is about 28 minutes long. … Continue reading The Unlearning Podcast 5: Schooling in Mutual Aid with Destiny and Silvana. →

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 →