Pedagogy of a Beloved Commons : Pursuing Democracy's Promise through Place-Based Activism / Sharon Egretta Sutton.
Sutton, Sharon Egretta, author.
2023
HQ799.2.P6
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Title Pedagogy of a Beloved Commons : Pursuing Democracy's Promise through Place-Based Activism / Sharon Egretta Sutton.
Author Sutton, Sharon Egretta, author.
ISBN 9781531502843
DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/9781531502843
Published New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2023]
Copyright ©2023
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (336 p.) : 11 b/w illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1515/9781531502843 doi
Call Number HQ799.2.P6
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.235089
Summary A rare and powerful illustration of what it takes to become a sustainable, community-embedded organization that continuously grows the next generation of compassionate leadersThis essential, timely book meets us at our current moment of crisis to offer hope that American democracy's stalled trajectory toward its founding creed to embrace all, and not just some, can indeed be reinvigorated. Pedagogy of a Beloved Commons is about low-income youth of color working within justice-oriented, community-based organizations to improve the social and spatial conditions in their surroundings. It draws from hundreds of pages of data, some collected over a decade ago by graduate research assistants at three universities and some collected recently by a graduate research assistant at a fourth university, to present verbatim "es from interviews with constituents of three youth-serving organizations. The book posits that the disinvested neighborhoods where youth experience abandonment and marginality in fact can serve as a call to action, given appropriate organizational support.Pedagogy of a Beloved Commons envisions a place-based critical pedagogy that can prepare young people with the practical skills and deep values to engage with today's economic, racial, and ecological crises. It offers a welcome antidote to a neoliberal education system that has not only veered away from its public mandate to advance democratic citizenship but that has also reinforced today's insidious economic inequality, rendering illusive the idea that rich and poor can work together toward a common good. Between these pages resonate a passionate call for an approach to cultivating citizens who have the critical skills to challenge injustice, the courage to hold the rich and powerful accountable, and the empathy to advance, not just their own self-interest, but the health and well-being of their communities and the planet. The author proposes that such citizens develop by exercising collective agency in "the commons," a political and psychic space whose values are mapped out in physical space. Through the expert use of an architect's lens, this groundbreaking book argues that the three-dimensional concreteness of the nation's disinvested neighborhoods provides a literal stage where disenfranchised youth can experiment with collective life, become more discerning about the forces that have shaped their communities, and practice working toward just and inclusive futures.Merging Paolo Freire's seminal theory of critical pedagogy with Grace Lee Boggs's belief that hands-on community-building can disrupt the evermore destructive forces of neoliberal capitalism, Pedagogy of a Beloved Commons refines an aspirational framework for a pathway forward through a careful analysis of three exemplar organizations. it offers rich, unique portraits of young people transforming their communities in Southwest Detroit, Wai'anae, and Harlem, respectively illustrating place-based activism through theatre, organic farming, and critical inquiry. Here activism is framed as the hands-on engagement of youth in addressing inequities in the commons of their neighborhoods through small but persistent interventions, which also help them learn the language of solidarity and collectivity that a sustainable democracy needs. A Pedagogy of Hope is a must-read for our times and for our future.
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Series Polis: Fordham Series in Urban Studies
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Frontmatter
Contents
Prologue
Introduction: The Need for a Place-Based Approach
PART I: SOUTHWEST DETROIT, MICHIGAN: ACTIVISM THROUGH THEATRE
PART II: WAI'ANAE, HAWAI'I: ACTIVISM THROUGH ORGANIC FARMING
PART III: HARLEM, NEW YORK: ACTIVISM THROUGH CRITICAL INQUIRY
Conclusions: Pedagogy of a Beloved Community
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

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