Decolonising Community Education and Development
Understanding the Past, Learning for the Future
By Marjorie Mayo
Published
Oct 22, 2024Page count
208 pagesISBN
978-1447367574Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Oct 22, 2024Page count
208 pagesISBN
978-1447367567Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Oct 22, 2024Page count
208 pagesISBN
978-1447367581Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy Press
It is vital that we decolonise community education and development – learning from the past in order to challenge current discrimination and oppression more effectively. In this book, Marjorie Mayo identifies ways of developing more inclusive policies and practices, working towards social justice for the future. She also tackles the pervasive influence of the ‘culture wars’ undermining work in communities, including the denial of problematic colonial legacies.
Inspired by movements such as Black Lives Matter and labour solidarity, the book includes case studies from the US, UK and the Global South, outlining the lessons that can be applied to community education and development training and practice.
Marjorie Mayo is Emeritus Professor of Community Development at Goldsmiths, University of London.
1.Introduction
2.‘Culture Wars’, Competing Ideologies and the Development of Critical Consciousness in Movements for Social Change
3.Decolonising the Curriculum: Whose Knowledge Counts?
4.Exploring the Histories of Adult Community Education and Development
5.Learning from Struggles for Freedom and Justice in South Africa
6.Co-creating Knowledge and Learning from Labour Movement Histories
7.Communities, Social Movements and Municipal Strategies for Equalities and Solidarity
8.Learning through the Arts: Cultural Strategies for Decolonisation
9.Bringing It All Together Again
