Connecting Democracy, the Environment, and Education in Haiti Since the Earthquake

• In Event: 42.083 - Roundtable Session 17
  In Roundtable Session: 42.083-6 - Freire, Democracy, and Anticolonial Research

Abstract

By examining policy, perspectives, contexts, and developments during the reconstruction after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, important insights are gleaned about the role of democracy and education. In particular, the paper focuses on: the environmental context that led up to the earthquake, and how democracy played an integral role in what and who was affected in the damage; the perspectives on democracy and education by members of the Haitian diaspora in Canada; and a re-conceptualization of epistemological considerations framing Haitian society. The researchers use a Freirian conceptual framework to elucidate power relations, political literacy, and the potential for conscientization, making a direct linkage to the salience of praxis in cultivating meaningful and alternative forms of democracy.

Authors

• Paul R. Carr, Université du Québec en Outaouais

• Gina Thesee, University of Quebec - Montreal