A radical holistic edge-fusion learning space with a collection of really useful collaborative tools for making social-ecological just change.
A radical holistic edge-fusion learning space with a collection of really useful collaborative tools for making social-ecological just change.
Workshops
HEdge Space
A Holistic Do-it-Together Tool kit.
Radical creative & holistic workshops to support people bring about just change, together
Radical Learning for Action
What is Really Useful Knowledge
‘Learning which involves exploring the root causes of social-environmental injustice and how to take action on them. It is not concerned with strategies for personal self-improvement via an undue emphasis on academic qualifications. Its purpose is to develop understanding and knowledge about the nature and root causes of unsatisfactory circumstances in order to develop real strategies to change them. These kinds of knowledge, pedagogy and educational relationships are collaborative and formed in solidarity with the interests of the least powerful in society to bring about change in the interests of social justice… It is associated in the literature of adult education with some other, related ideas: for example, Really useful Knowledge, Critical Thinking, Conscientisation, and Transformation. These are all ideas which come together in the campaign for Popular Education’ (Thompson, 2000, p. 1).
The concept of really useful knowledge has its roots in the working class struggles of
The concept of really useful knowledge has its roots in the working class struggles of
Mae Shaw and Jim Crowther Community Engagement: A Critical Guide for Practitioners, p38
Radical Adult & Community Education: Feminist-Critical Practice Concerned with the nature and purpose of knowledge and its capacity to oppress or liberate people
‘Learning which involves exploring the root causes of social-environmental injustice and how to take action on them. It is not concerned with strategies for personal self-improvement via an undue emphasis on academic qualifications. Its purpose is to develop understanding and knowledge about the nature and root causes of unsatisfactory circumstances in order to develop real strategies to change them. These kinds of knowledge, pedagogy and educational relationships are collaborative and formed in solidarity with the interests of the least powerful in society to bring about change in the interests of social justice… It is associated in the literature of adult education with some other, related ideas: for example, Really useful Knowledge, Critical Thinking, Conscientisation, and Transformation. These are all ideas which come together in the campaign for Popular Education’ (Thompson, 2000, p. 1).