This checklist by Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti supports a postcolonial analysis of development fundraising and education materials as well as development projects and organizations. The analysis of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development using the HEADS UP list can be found here. The German translation (without introductory text) can be found here. Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti 2012: HEADS UP Checklist. In: Critical Literacy – Theories and Practice vol. 6 No. 1.
Author: glokal e.V.
What is that actually, everyday racism? In what situations does it manifest itself and how can it be countered? Julius Franklin from the Initiative Black People in Germany (ISD) and Nuran Yiğit from the Migration Council Berlin enter into a dialogue with students from the Albert Schweitzer School in Berlin-Neukölln. http://www.bpb.de/dialog/194137/webtalk-alltagsrassismus,(recording of an event from 2014)
Astrid Messerschmidt 2014: Bildungsarbeit in der Auseinandersetzung mit gegenwärtigen Antisemitismus. Article about the challenges of educational work critical of anti-Semitism.
The hundred richest Indians have assets amounting to a quarter of India’s gross domestic product. Political and economic power is concentrated in the hands of a few large families who own huge corporate empires. In her article, the Indian writer Arundhati Roy analyzes the excesses of capitalism in her home country. She exposes the interplay of politics, business and the army, which use all kinds of violence against the poor and disenfranchised. (Announcement of the magazine) Part 1 is available online in its entirety. Arundhati Roy 2012: Capitalism: A Ghost Story. Part 1-3. in: Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik…
Recording of the lecture from 22.3.2015: “Democracy Lecture: Naomi Klein – The Decision: Capital versus Climate” at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin.
“The selected texts do not only deal with pedagogical problems and methodological questions of educational work. They also contain analyses and evaluations of politics, culture, religion, ethics, and possibilities for change in society – an expansion that opposes the idea that pedagogy can be treated separately from society and politics. Among other things, Freire astutely analyzed the devastating consequences of neoliberalism for the individual and society and encouraged resistant thought and action.” (from the blurb) Paulo Freire 2007: Education and Hope. Münster: Waxmann Publishing House If you don’t have a bookstore worth supporting near you, you can also…
“The book’s title, ‘The People Without History,’ is therefore just as ironic as the translation of ‘people’ as ‘peoples’ in the German edition is characteristically misguided. Wolf’s sketch of the world in 1400 attests to the diverse relationships that existed through trade, exchanges between pastoralists and arable farmers, and also war. Western Europe was then transforming ‘from a marginal zone of the Old World into a center of wealth and power.’ Beginning in the 16th century, England and the Netherlands linked trade and war in a grand expansionist strategy. Wolf illustrates this transformation of the entire world through four exemplary…
“The author shows that there is no wealth that is innocent and formulates the great paradox of his continent: ‘We Latin Americans are poor because the ground we walk on is rich.'” (blurb) Eduardo Galeano 1973: The Open Veins of Latin America. The story of a continent. Wuppertal: Peter Hammer If you don’t have a bookstore worth supporting near you, you can also buy the book from the alternative non-profit online bookstore links-lesen.de, which supports political projects with the profits. The link to the book can be found here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tkQyqLnFbk Capitalism: A Ghost Story – An Evening with Arundhati Roy and Siddhartha Deb | 2014 | Englisch | 97 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6yceBTf_Vs The Shock Doctrine. Based on the Book by Naomi Klein | 2009 | Englisch | 79 min.
“Street theater, Reclaim the Street parties, carnivalesque political parades, actions with large puppets, subversive street art with graffiti, posters and stickers, demo blocks in pink and silver – the range of political action forms has recently gained new colors and forms. Field reports, stories of the emergence and origins of various well-known and lesser-known forms of action, as well as many corresponding examples, are collected in this book and should inspire those who want to take their displeasure to the streets to imitate them.” (blurb) For more information, visit: http://go-stop-act.de/ Marc Amann (ed.) 2011. go.stop.act! The art of creative street…
“In early 2010, Arundhati Roy traveled into the forests of Central India, homeland to millions of indigenous people, dreamland to some of the world’s biggest mining corporations. The result is this powerful and unprecedented report from the heart of an unfolding revolution.” (blurb) Arundhati Roy 2011: Walking with the Comrades. New Delhi: Penguin Books If you don’t have a bookstore worth supporting near you, you can also buy the book from the alternative non-profit online bookstore links-lesen.de, which supports political projects with the profits. The link to the book can be found here.