BackHome
Refresh: OffView Personal Schedule
Session Summary

"When a Conjuncture Unrolls, There Is No Going Back": Education and Social Crisis in Chicago

Fri, April 14, 2:50 to 4:20pm CDT (2:50 to 4:20pm CDT), Swissôtel Chicago, Floor: Lucerne Level, Lucerne 1

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium takes up Stuart Hall’s call to “think conjuncturally” by convening a long-term collaborative of activist-scholars--parents, teachers, unionists, and community activists--to analyze education as constitutive of broader social crises. We examine the current crisis of the racial neoliberal order, white supremacy, social reproduction, and ableism to illuminate the dangers and possibilities of this moment. Through a place-based focus on Chicago, where we live, research, and engage in struggle, we share our studies of school closings, anti-Black racism, criminalizing youth discourses, neoliberal disability advocacy, inter-racial solidarities, community spaces of hope, and liberatory education movements and projects. We invite participants to join our methodology of conjunctural analysis through dialogue exploring how to collectively intervene toward justice at this pivotal historical moment.

Sub Unit

Chair

Papers