Dear colleagues, in the discussion in  yesterday's meeting, one decision was to draft what could be our commonly held ethical positions, w.r.t. the world we want, the kind of learning/teaching environment we seek, and how PeDAGoG itself operates.

Another point was re. the need to better articulate, for ourselves and others, what we mean by transformation, or alternatives ... since these terms are also co-opted by the dominant system.

I am sharing here two documents, emerging from the Vikalp Sangam (Alternatives Confluence) process in India, but hopefully much more widely applicable with appropriate modifictions:

1. 'In search of radical alternatives', a framework of principles and strategies

2. 'Alternatives Transformation Format', a tool for self-assessment or participatory assessment of how we are moving towards justice, sustainability etc ...

A small subgroup has been set up to formulate a first draft of ethics for us, that you can all comment on and discuss before finalising. I hope the above documents will be useful to this group, but also to many others on this list.

thanks

ashish