POPULAR EDUCATION
"Education can never be politically neutral: if it does not side with the poorest and marginalised sectors - the 'oppressed' - in an attempt to transform society, then it necessarily sides with the 'oppressors' in maintaining the existing structures of oppression "
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Popular education is a collective effort in which a high degree of participation is expected from everybody. Teachers and learners aren't two distinct groups; rather, everyone teaches and everyone learns. Learners should be able to make decisions about what they are learning, and how the learning process takes place. A facilitator is needed to make sure that new ideas arise, progress, and don't get repetitive, but this isn't at all the same thing as a teacher.
"In popular education we can't teach another person, but we can facilitate another's learning and help each other as we learn, together; there is always something to gain, for everyone." |
Some Popular Education principals:
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"a method of education that is specifically concerned with the liberation of the people who are a part of it" |
Popular Education is a learning process which:
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STITCH TalleresSTITCH has hosted workshops since the first year we began in 2009. In the beginning they were all poetry workshops, because those were the skills folks offered to share. Since then, our workshop repertoire has grown tremendously. Every summer during our STITCH Open Mic Series we offer workshops during the hour before the open mic begins; these have ranged from poetry to printmaking to civil rights. In addition to these, STITCH hosts workshops throughout the year; spaces for us to learn and share skills; spaces for us to grow our consciousness and be in community with each other.
Past STITCH workshops have included:
Check out photos from our workshops on Flickr!
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reflection and action upon the world in order to transform it |
If you would like to offer a workshop to share skills and learn from this communal space, please contact us at stitchmilwaukee@gmail.com