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No time to waste? Dealing with ‘urgency’ in environmental and sustainability education KU Leuven
In this article, we explore how and why the concept of rhythm is crucial to understand how environmental and sustainability education (ESE) may deal with the urgency of taking action regarding climate change. Many activists consider sustainability educators as important allies in this struggle. Our argument is that ESE has a different role and responsibility. Both activism and education can be important allies; however, they operate in different ...
Young Sustainability Activists as Public Educators. An Aesthetic Approach KU Leuven
In recent years we have seen an increasing youth activism on climate and other sustainability issues. This paper presents a theoretical framework for further research on young sustainability activists as public educators. The point of departure is taken in Latour’s argumentation concerning the need to create new attachments to the Earth. In line with this, we highlight the importance of aesthetics and experiences conceived as integrated ...
Editorial: Learning in times of crisis KU Leuven
Revisiting Rancière’s Concept of Intellectual Emancipation in Vocational Educational and Training Practices KU Leuven
The paper discusses the emancipatory potential of Uruguayan Vocational Educational and Training (VET) practices, usually associated with job discourses, skills and training. In doing so, we revisit Rancière’s work concerning intellectual emancipation to provide us with a guide to connect with the phenomena studied, as a lens to look at and to problematize emancipation in concrete practices on a heuristic level.Thus, the paper is ...