Manifesto for Decarbonizing Scholarship and Research: A Political and Pedagogical Intervention

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Saturday 7:45 am - Gold 1
  In Roundtable Session: Division J Section 6: Roundtable 4

Abstract

This session explores the potential of manifesto-making as a transformative, just-oriented research and pedagogical approach. We present two intertwined strands: 1) the Manifesto for Decarbonizing Scholarship and Research, a living document co-authored by faculty and students to challenge extractive, carbon-intensive academic norms; and 2) a companion study, The Pedagogy of Manifesto-Making , which uses collective biography to examine the relational, ethical, and institutional tensions that surfaced in the writing process. This session offers an invitation to engage with the Manifesto as a dynamic tool for rethinking academic practices. Through facilitated dialogue, participants will reflect on their own practices and institutional contexts as they co-develop pathways for applying, adapting, and expanding the Manifestos’ principles toward more just and sustainable forms of scholarship.

Authors

• Michelle Jordan, Arizona State University

• Carrie Karsgaard, Cape Breton University

• Andrea E. Weinberg, Arizona State University

• Iveta Silova, Arizona State University

• Victoria Desimoni, Arizona State University

• Sandra Nabulega, Arizona State University