What the ESAI Critical and Feminist SIG stands for
We are committed to humanising education, to recognising that while education is a vital tool for the production of goods and services, and economic wellbeing, it is much more than this. Education teaches people what is of value normatively, socially, politically, affectively and culturally in public life, implicitly and explicitly. It shapes the human imagination and subjectivities and can either constrain or enhance human consciousness. We recognise that education is a powerful tool in the formation of public consciousness and the possibilities for social transformation: it plays a central role in defining what is of cultural significance and of political value. Moreover, as a forum of ideological formation, education is never neutral. We are working in-between the two traditions of Critical Pedagogy and Feminist Theories, that we now assert need to come together for a higher purpose in contemporary times [For more see the link: https://esai.ie/critical-and-feministspecial-interest-group-cf-esai-sig/].
Aims of the Conference
We want to work with people, inside and outside of formal education in Ireland to provide a space to open a new conversation in relation to the need for a re-orientation of education away from the current preoccupation with competition and individual measurement. We are interested in re-energizing education in Ireland for emancipation, transformative possibility and hope.
You are Invited to Contribute
You are invited to contribute a topic that aligns with our principles and helps to progress the opening of this new conversation in relation to education in Ireland (150 words approximately).
To Register for the Conference
and to send a contribution, please contact: Michelle Starr on michelle.starr@ul.ie. [ESAI Critical and Feminist SIG member and Research Liaison Officer at EPI•STEM, School of Education, UL].
ESAI Critical and Feminist SIG Committee
Geraldine Mooney Simmie (University of Limerick); Craig Skerritt (University of Manchester); Mags Crean (National University of Ireland, Maynooth); Martin Galvin (University College Cork); Bernie Grummell (National University of Ireland, Maynooth), Kathleen Lynch (Emerita, University College Dublin, Commissioner of the Irish Equality and Human Rights Commission), Eamonn Mitchell (Mary Immaculate College Limerick); and Dawn Murphy (South East Technological University).