Dear all,

Though I have been part of this group from the start, I dont think I have had the chance to introduce myself. So, I will take the opportunity now.

I am an activist-researcher from India working with Kalpavriksh- an environment action group. I help in coordinating the Vikalp Sangam (Alternatives Confluence) process in India and now also the Global Tapestry of Alternatives along with some colleagues who are on the list. I have been primarily working on documenting, researching and networking on alternatives to development and dominant forms of political and economic governance.

I am super excited to be in the group as I am also deeply interested in exploring research, pedagogy and activism from a decolonial perspective. And now, when I am trying to opt for higher studies, I am finding it really difficult to find a place to study where pedagogy is decolonised and rooted in peoples' experiences. Places where different ways of thinking and learning apparatus are promoted.

Hoping that through this group, I am able to discover some such places. Would be indebted if anyone has any initial suggestions.

Looking forward to listening in and learning more on the 8th,

Shrishtee

On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 2:18 AM Katerina Brandes <katerinabrandes@posteo.de> wrote:

Hi everyone,

yes, thank you Bardon for inviting us to introduce ourselves :).

My name is Katerina and I find it very hard to introduce myself. But why I joined this network is that I am super interested in alternative teaching methodologies and trying to bring them into the classes that I am involved in - which are few, but let's see where the future brings me. I am involved in adult education on postdevelopment as a critique of development, critique of development cooperation, and alternatives to both (including degrowth). I recently used the book the pluriverse during class to inspire students about alternatives to development, they really liked it :). I am neither a PhD, nor affiliated as a researcher at a university, I am just involved here and there, inside and outside university. Actually I believe rather in the system of ecoversities than universities, and still I am taking part inside and outside the system. Just the typical development cooperation system itself I decided to keep away from. I am active in a very young theater collective, where we bring together "mainstream scientific facts" and emotional embodied positionalities. We are hoping to bring theater more into the academic field or the adademia more out engaged with the grassroots. I am excited about non-rational teaching methods in (university) classes (including co-creative approaches, theater methods, connecting with personal emotional experiences, etc.) and as such pushing the boundaries of what is possible.

Looking forward to inspiring each other with this mailing list to push the boundaries even further.

Kind greetings,

Katerina

On 01.07.2020 20:33, Irene Sotiropoulou wrote:
Hello everyone,

I am very happy to be a member of the PeDAGoG community.

Brandon, thank you so much for your message and the advice.

My name is Irene and at the moment I am working as a researcher at the Energy and Environment Institute of the University of Hull, UK.

My specialty is heterodox economics, with an emphasis on social and solidarity economy, feminist economics, ecological economics, decolonial economics, heterodox finance and non-monetary economies, sharing practices, economics of the commons, grassroots economics. In Hull I do research about the local farmers' markets.

Some days ago i added into the Pedagog pad a link to teaching material i have online https://hull.academia.edu/IreneSotiropoulou/Teaching-Documents. Most of it is in English. On each document there is information about the level of teaching it is related to and the place/institution where the teaching took place. In case I will be teaching next year, I will be adding more material. If you have feedback or you need any further information about those documents, please, feel free to contact me.

Thank you very much. I am very glad to be among you.

Best regards,

Irene

Στις Τετ, 1 Ιουλ 2020 στις 5:41 μ.μ., ο/η Brandon Liu <brandon.k.liu@gmail.com> έγραψε:

Dear PeDAGoG community,

Welcome to all the new members who have joined! We would love to have you introduce yourselves to the group if you haven't already.

At the beginning of each month, I send out an email for "open discussion and updates" as a way to invite everyone to share something that's on their mind with the group. It could be to initiate discussion on a topic or share recent updates from one's own work. Feel free to reply directly to this email or start a new thread. Anything relating to alternative teaching and learning experiences, materials, tools, and perspectives relating to the themes of post-development, broadly understood, would be most welcome.

Best,

Brandon

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