Re: [xmca] Summer reading

Thinking about Freire also brings to mind Boal. I had the wonderful
opportunity to take a workshop in with him, his son and wife earlier
this summer at the Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed and I know the
Boal's have used TO to work with a variety of communities throughout the
world to develop understandings and alternative outcomes that empower
the participants. This might be another vehicle for your project.

Cunningham, Donald James wrote:
> Martin, I would love to collaborate. Freire's problem posing methodology comes to my mind immediately but I am sure there are many other possibilities such as those Emily mentions. Story telling is a big part of Beah's rescue. Indeed the book closes with a POWERFUL story. A wonderful example of double bind!
>
> What might be a next step? I believe Fulbright has funds for groups to come together for worthy projects. Unfortunately I will be away much of the rest of the summer and then out of the country teaching (for Duquesne U, interestingly enough) in the fall.
>
> Don Cunningham
> Indiana University
>
> Ancora Imparo!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of Martin Packer
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 10:23 PM
> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> Subject: Re: [xmca] Summer reading
>
>
> Last year I had the opportunity to talk with staff at the Colombian Ministry
> of Education in Bogotá, and learned from them about the problems of the
> Œreinserted¹ children - former child soldiers who were recruited or simply
> kidnapped by guerilla or paramilitary groups there. As these children are
> escaping, or as the groups are disbanding, they are becoming the
> responsibility of the Ministry. We started to think about a possible
> research project that might benefit all concerned. One possibility we
> discussed was that we might learn a great deal from these children about the
> rationality and motivation of the guerilla and paramilitary groups ­ that
> interviews with them could throw light on the sources of conflict and
> possible pathways to peace for these groups, and also on the best way to
> facilitate the reintegration of the children into mainstream society.
>
> If anyone would be interested in collaborating on such a project, or has
> suggestions on how best to carry it out, or improve it, please let me know.
>
> Martin
>
>
>
> On 7/13/07 8:09 PM, "Cunningham, Donald James" <cunningh@indiana.edu> wrote:
>
>
>> Em, I first heard of the book here:
>>
>> http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/videos/celebrity_inter
>> views/index.jhtml?playVideo=82274
>>
>> An odd source, I know, but Jon Stewart may be our most astute journalist
>> today.
>>
>> Persevere!
>>
>> Don Cunningham
>> Indiana University
>>
>> Ancora Imparo!
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu]
>> On Behalf Of E Duvall
>> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 4:58 PM
>> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
>> Subject: Re: [xmca] Summer reading
>>
>> Thank you for the recommendation Donald... I went up on line to
>> http://www.alongwaygone.com/index.html
>> and read about the book, read an excerpt and watched a video recording.
>> This short visit was... that feeling you get when you don't know what's
>> around the corner, but you need to look some truth in the eye but you're
>> scared to look because you don't know what the looking will do to you.
>> I'm a little scared to read the book; I hope to persevere.
>> ~ Em
>>
>> --
>> He only earns his freedom and his life, who takes them every day by
>> storm.
>> -- Johann Wolfgang Goethe
>>
>> Emily Duvall
>> Doctoral Candidate (ABD) / Graduate Assistant-Instructor
>> Language and Literacy Education (LLED)
>> Department of Curriculum and Instruction
>> College of Education
>> Penn State University
>> 256 Chambers Bldg.
>> University Park , PA 16802
>> 814-861-3315 (home)
>> 814-404-6175 (cell)
>> 814-863-4511 (office)
>> FAX: 814-863-7602
>> edd130@psu.edu
>>
>>
>>
>> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> From: "Cunningham, Donald James" <cunningh@indiana.edu>
>>
>>> Tony,
>>>
>>> Instead of the Garfinkle book you might read "A Long Way Gone" by
>>> Ishmael Beah. It has nothing and everything to do with the issues we
>>> have been discussing...........djc
>>>
>>> Don Cunningham
>>> Indiana University
>>>
>>> Ancora Imparo!
>>>
>>>
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-- 
He only earns his freedom and his life, who takes them every day by storm.
-- Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Emily Duvall
Doctoral Candidate (ABD) / Graduate Assistant-Instructor
Language and Literacy Education (LLED)
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
College of Education
Penn State University
256 Chambers Bldg.
University Park , PA  16802
814-861-3315 (home)
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