Dear Colleagues,
EDUCATION AND SOCIAL ACTION CONFERENCE 2004
Monday 6th to Wednesday 8th December, 2004
at the Centre for Popular Education, City campus of University of
Technology, Sydney, Australia
(in the heart of the city)
THEMES
Education, Activism and Organising for Robust Democracy: with Unions,
Social Movements and Community Development Groups
Learning-Leadership and Learner Democracy for Equity and Community
Strengthening
Community Leadership for Grassroots Democracy
Community Cultural Development and Vibrant Democracy
Community Action and Democracy-Building for Health
Teaching and Learning about Terrorism as a means of undermining or
underpinning Democracy
Families, Learning and the Seeds of Democracy
Democratising the Culture of Prison and Post-Release Education
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The conference is part of the new
SYDNEY FESTIVAL OF POPULAR EDUCATION
4th to 8th December 2004
Other festival activities include:
E-Activism and E-Democracy Show-and-Tell
Community Action Concerts
Activist Short Film Festival
Gathering of Independent Media Activists
Place-based Community Sustainability Show-and-Tell
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THE 'EDUCATION AND SOCIAL ACTION' CONFERENCE builds upon the tradition of
previous conferences organised by the Centre for Popular Education at the
University of Technology, Sydney. This conference will:
bring people engaged in different fields of social action and education
together
be a forum where activists, workers, policy makers, artists and scholars
alike are encouraged to participate
encourage research and enquiry to promote practice that helps people
strengthen democracy
have workshops that are sufficiently long to have decent discussions or
engage in learning activities
have plenty of music, theatre and dance; but more importantly there will be
some opportunities for collaborative art-practice.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
There are three types of proposals.
Research and Evaluation Agenda Setting Proposals
The sessions will be 70-90 minutes and shared by several presenters who are
interested in similar research and evaluation activities.
These conference sessions will provide an opportunity for groups and
agencies to propose the sort of research and evaluation they think should
be undertaken. What do we mean by research and evaluation? We mean
activities that analyse and gather information about the nature and
outcomes of practice. You may not as yet have undertaken research but will
have developed views about the sort of research and evaluation that would
be useful. Preference will be given to proposals that have been
collaboratively developed and submitted by groups and agencies.
Submit an abstract of 500 to 1,000 words. A description of your group or
agency will also be required and should not exceed 250 words.
Workshop Proposals
Conference workshops will be 90 minutes. They should involve more than just
presentation and discussion. They should involve active teaching, problem
posing and setting tasks for participants.
Submit an abstract of 500 to 1,000 words with short narrative resumes of
the presenters. The resume of each presenter is not to exceed 250 words.
Refereed Paper Proposals
Conference papers will be delivered in 50 minute sessions.
Submit an abstract of no more than 1,000 words. Please include your name,
contact details and title of paper on a separate cover sheet. If your
proposal is accepted you will be required to submit a complete paper of no
more than 3,500 words by October 18th, 2004. The papers will be published
in a first edition on the website of the Centre for Popular Education UTS
by the conference. A second edition may be prepared for print publication
by the middle of 2005.
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Proposals are to be received by May 31st, 2004.
Send proposals to
Centre for Popular Education, UTS, PO Box 123, Broadway NSW 2007, Australia
fax +61-2-9514 3939
cpe@uts.edu.au
For further information please liaise with the respective conference strand
co-ordinators:
Education, Activism and Organising for Robust Democracy: with Unions,
Social Movements and Community Development Group
Tony.Brown@uts.edu.au
tel. +61-2-9514 3866
Learning-Leadership and Learner Democracy for Equityand Community
Strengthening
Debra.Hayes@uts.edu.au
tel. +61-2-9514 5274
Community Leadership for Community Action and Grassroots Democracy
Tony.Brown@uts.edu.au
tel. +61-2-9514 3866
Community Cultural Development and Vibrant Democracy
Rick.Flowers@uts.edu.au
tel. +61-2-9514 3813
Teaching and Learning about Terrorism as a means of undermining or
underpinning Democracy
Andrew.Chodkiewicz@uts.edu.au
tel. +61-2-9514 3042
Families, Learning and the Seeds of Democracy
Sue.Knights@uts.edu.au
tel. +61-2-9514 3907
Democratising the Culture of Prison and Post-Release Education
Tony.Webb@uts.edu.au
tel. +61-2-4758 7143
Community Action and Democracy-Building for Health
Rick.Flowers@uts.edu.au
tel. +61-2-9514 3813
Centre for Popular Education, UTS
www.cpe.uts.edu.au
tel. 02-9514 3843
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The following web links offer a variety of perspectives about the nature
and strength of democracy. Lee.Malone@uts.edu.au would be pleased to
receive advice about other web sites or electronic journals about
democracy. We will make a compiled list available on our website.
Active citizenship democracy
Active Democracy. Citizen Participation in Decision Making
http://www.hydra.org.au/activedemocracy/
Lyn Carson at the University of Sydney writes: "One way of realising
democracy--or causing a democratic breakout (Blaug 1999)--is to involve
citizens in political decision making. I have written numerous articles on
public participation in decision making--from setting up citizens' juries
to improving community consultation in your local council."
Educating for Democracy: Building Citizenship Capacity
http://www.ccu.dpc.wa.gov.au/docs/Celebr_Democracy_Wk_Panel_pres.doc
This paper explores the issue of building the capacity of young people as
proactive citizens. It looks at what we mean by citizenship, why we need
to do so, and how to go about it - what it means to educate for citizenship.
Discovering Democracy. Queensland
http://education.qld.gov.au/tal/ddemo/
Discovering Democracy is an intersystemic Commonwealth funded civics and
citizenship education project with links across the curriculum including:
SOSE, History, Business Studies, English and Technology. The site has
links to a good range of resources.
People, Place and Partnerships - Workshop 4
Strengthening communities: tools, evidence and evaluation
http://www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au/site/govinfo/82.html
This three-year project aims to test a range of community participation
strategies. The outcomes are aimed at contributing to the four related
fields of: citizenship, and democratic participation; local governance and
public administration; applied social policy and the use of social and
environmental indicators; and problems of community development.
Comparative Deliberation Practices: A Study of Mediated Citizen
Communication Processes
http://www.nyls.edu/pages/1496.asp
The New York Law School's research team of legal, technology and
communication experts in Germany, Singapore and the United States, in
collaboration with government regulators and the public media in each
country, proposes to convene a series of citizen consultation
experiments. The aim of the project is to understand how people deliberate
via different media.
Discovering Democracy in Western Australian Schools
http://www.discoveringdemocracywa.net/Links/index.html
This site has some useful links for those working in citizenship education.
World Movement for Democracy in Asia
http://www.wmd.org/asia/asia_networks.html
The World Movement for Democracy is a global network of democrats,
including activists, practitioners, academics, policy makers, and funders,
who have come together to cooperate in the promotion of democracy. The
Asian section of this site features several leading democracy networks in
the Asia-Pacific region. It includes a brief description of each network,
contact information, and a link to its Web site.
Cultural democracy
Cultural Sustainability
http://www.marion.sa.gov.au/Web/webmar.nsf/Lookup/Cultural+Sustainability
Marion Council in South Australia has a proud history of support for arts
and cultural activity. The new Cultural Plan developed by the Council is
guided by the communities of the Marion area, and by the principles of
cultural sustainability.
Webster's World of Cultural Democracy
http://www.newint.org/issue324/seeking.htm
This site describes itself as a virtual think-tank, an online information,
networking and conference center established by The Institute for Cultural
Democracy (ICD) to encourage study and exchange of ideas about cultural
policy and cultural development practice.
Noongar Nation
http://www.caa.org.au/horizons/may_2001/noongar.html
The author, an Indigenous women from Western Australia explains how the
concept of nationhood is strengthening the voices and rights of the Noongar
people.
Definitions of democracy
Encyclopedia: Democracy
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/democracy
NationMaster.com is a massive central data source set up to graphically
compare nations. Included in this site is a discussion on direct and
indirect democracies.
E-democracy
DoWire - Democracies Online Newswire
http://www.e-democracy.org/do/
This site promotes online civic participation and democracy efforts around
the world through information exchange, experience sharing, outreach, and
education. The site connects over 2500 experts, practitioners, journalists,
and citizens across 75 countries.
E-Democracy in Practice. Swedish experiences of a new political tool
http://www.mail-archive.com/do-wire@tc.umn.edu/msg00350.html
This site links to a paper on the Swedish experiences in E-democracy.
Education for democracy
Education for Democracy
http://www.infed.org/biblio/b-dem.htm
While our aims change with situations, all educators, it can be argued,
share a larger purpose - to foster democracy. But what does this mean? How
might schools look? What is the place of informal education? These are the
questions posed on this site.
CANTERA - Popular Education and Communication Session
http://www.knowledgecollegetutors.com/sd.htm
The primary focus of this organisation is to train educators who are
working with community leaders, health educators and development workers.
The site offers a list of publications and courses.
Families and democracy
Desperately Seeking Democracy
http://www.newint.org/issue324/seeking.htm
The author, born in India now residing in Canada, discusses how democracy
has affected her life.
Discovering Democracy. Civics and Citizenship Education
Information for Parents
http://www.curriculum.edu.au/democracy/aboutdd/parents.htm
This site offers access to a kit that is available to help parents become
involved in their children's civics and citizenship education.
Grassroots democracy, local and community democracy
Grassroots Democracy Taking Roots in China
http://www.china.org.cn/english/archiveen/28783.htm
This online article looks at how grassroots democracy is spreading
throughout rural China.
Community Democracy
http://www.loc-gov-focus.aus.net/1997/december/comdemoc.htm
This is an address to the Assembly of the national peak body of Local
Government in Australia on community democracy.
Help shape the future of democracy in Port Phillip
http://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/democracy.html
This site looks at a project by a local government council in Victoria,
titled 'Growing Democracy'.
Militant democracy
This is what democracy looks like
http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2000/421/421p3.htm
The article describes the protest at the World Economic Forum in Melbourne
in 2000.
Union democracy
http://workers.labor.net.au/latest/
This is a copy of a letter to the Editor of an E-journal on Union Democracy.
The AUD Union Democracy Worker Education Project
http://www.uniondemocracy.com/Education/method.htm
This site describes how the Association for Union Democracy uses popular
education for the creation of union democracy. It includes a short
bibliography.
Vibrant democracy
Political killjoys smother hope, idealism and a vibrant democracy
http://www.unc.edu/depts/anthro/talks/luebke.pdf
This article in an e-journal looks at how the politics of cynicism has
gained the upper hand in modern Australian politics.
Vibrant Democracy and Weak Democracy. A comparison of local politics in
Durham and Greensboro 1975-2000
http://www.unc.edu/depts/anthro/talks/luebke.pdf
In this paper the authors analyse why the councils in two different
American cities make different decisions regarding issues that are similar.
Advocacy and organising for democracy
Comm-Org
http://comm-org.utoledo.edu/
This site has full text papers, training materials, links, tools and a
moderated e-mail discussion.
Environmental Advocacy
http://www.environmentaladvocacy.org
This site includes case studies, workshop news and resources, and links.
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