![]() ![]() I came to see education as a means of transforming systems like white supremacy, patriarchy, and capitalism - and that the way to do this is by transforming the system of education itself. ![]() In the foreword to Pedagogy of the Oppressed, theologian Richard Shaull asserted the following in reference to Freire’s notion of “education as the practice of freedom”:Įducation either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world. Like many educators who see teaching as a tool for collective liberation, I turned often to Freire’s ideas. Le Guin’s Left Hand of Darkness, Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon, and Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed as my tools? What if I could help young people see the power they have to understand and then shape these systems, using texts like Ursula K. ![]() My prior experience in DIY music and punk developed my political understanding of the world and the systems that govern it. I chose that profession because I saw how teaching could be a transformative and ultimately radical political act. ![]() All works by Jessalyn Aaland.īefore I was an artist, I was an English teacher at a public high school in San Francisco. 8, 2018 paper clips, metal and plastic rings, metal spring, plastic chain, push pin, 5.75″ x 6″ x 2.5″. ![]()
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