Advancing CASE SIG as a Hub for Collaborative Partnerships With African and Caribbean Governments

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium shares key strategies we utilized to develop and establish collaborative partnerships with African and Caribbean Ministries/Departments of Education. Strategies include using strategic volunteerism; adopting cultural anthropologist approaches to understanding key issues; creating space that allows stakeholders frames of knowledge alongside institutional realities to emerge; effectively navigating subtle power hierarchies; and using participatory action research to create a safety net for local government to voice their needs without fear of being victimized or investigated. We share these strategies to initiate conversation on how we may go about formally establishing the CASE SIG as a central hub for collaborative partnerships with African and Caribbean Ministries/Departments of Education to support just educational initiatives and sustainable development.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Caribbean and African Studies in Education

Chair

• Anica G. Bowe, Rutgers University - Newark

Papers

• Examining Etic and Emic Approaches to Research Partnerships with Caribbean Local Government - Kenneth A. Williams, SIT Graduate Institute

• Exploring the Contextualized Political Spaces of Local Government Towards a Sustainable Learning Environment - Makeresemese Rosy Qhosola, University of Kwazulu-Natal

• Voluntary Service and Strategic Collaborative Engagement In Education in the Caribbean: A Case Study - Andrew A. Hunte, University of the West Indies - Five Islands

• Moving Beyond Positionality Towards Collective Framing and Governance within Partnerships - Talia Randa Esnard, University of the West Indies - St. Augustine

Discussant

• Anica G. Bowe, Rutgers University - Newark