The Plurality of Critical Pedagogies
Workshop | Tuesday, May 18, 2021 | 2:45pm – 4:00pm EST
As Joy James has articulated the need for the term abolitionisms, wherein she distinguishes academic abolitionism from radical abolitionism, Sandy Grande has similarly described the existence of multiple critical pedagogies in her text Red Pedagogy. As we saw this past summer during the uprisings, social justice is an expansive term that can mean painting Black Lives Matter on a street, to pouring money into police reform, to calls for police abolition and beyond. For critical pedagogy practitioners to come together in community and share our experiences and deepen our pedagogy, it is important to know what we mean by terms such as social justice and liberation. I propose an interactive workshop where practitioners can engage with each other on thinking about how critical pedagogy can be used to make material contributions to social justice, and clarify our collective vision for change.
Presenter: Betsy Yoon
Betsy Yoon (she/they) lives and works on Lenape territory. She does reference for NYU and CSI and is a member of Nodutdol, a grassroots organization fighting for peace, decolonization, and self-determination on both Turtle Island and the Korean peninsula through political education, collective action, and principled solidarity.