The Right to (Critical) Education in the Struggle for the Right to Life

• In Event: Moscone Center North Roundtable Session 1
  In Roundtable Session: Paulo Freire Roundtable 3

Abstract

We analyze the relations between the denial of the right to education and human rights violations. Taking Mozambique as case study, we point out the influence of extractive industry over education policies and the social conflicts resulting from their activities. We address: the destruction and restructuring of the institutions of knowledge according to the interests of transnational corporations; the monopoly on generating knowledge about Africa; and the private appropriation of knowledge and information by corporations and governments. We emphasize that these issues hinder people’s capacity of social control over the corporations that threaten their lives. We highlight the importance of the access to scientific knowledge and information in the struggles of the grassroot movements in the country.

Author

• Inny Accioly, Universidade Federal Fluminense