[PeDAGoG] Next Online Discussion in Feb 2022

Thu Feb 3 12:03:06 CET 2022

Dear PeDAGoG colleagues,

Our next PeDAGoG meet is scheduled to be held on 15th Feb at 3-5 PM GST. We
will send across a link for same soon!

Best,
Upamanyu (GTA)

On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 7:32 PM UPAMANYU DAS . <
upamanyu.das18_dev at apu.edu.in> wrote:

> Dear PeDAGoG colleagues,
>
> Hope you're all well!
>
> We are planning to host our next meeting in mid-February. Please find
> below a Doodle Poll for everyone to indicate their availability, Do fill it
> in *before 31st Jan *so we can finalise the date:
>  https://doodle.com/poll/qh4daremvf7kdt6d?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link
>
> The broad agenda of the meeting is to continue with updates from the
> different working groups, including ways forward. Please feel free to
> suggest additional discussion points.
>
> Please see the email chain below to find the minutes of the
> previous meetings.
>
> best,
> Upamanyu
>
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 5:57 PM UPAMANYU DAS . <
> upamanyu.das18_dev at apu.edu.in> wrote:
>
>> Dear PeDAGoG colleagues,
>>
>> Below are the minutes of the meeting held yesterday.
>>
>> For those who couldn't attend, please read through the next steps charted
>> out by the various working groups and feel free to volunteer wherever you
>> can help.
>>
>>
>>    - *Check ins*
>>    - Angging: from UPCIDS Alt Dev team
>>    - Adrian Schegel: Masters student from Germany working on
>>    post-colonial studies
>>    - Sujit Sinha: Ex-professor, living utopian, writing and translating
>>    texts into Bengali for grassroots movements as well as working on audio
>>    visual materials.
>>    - Renata Amorim: Phd student from Brazil, working with grassroots
>>    movements, connected with the eco village network, looking to find ways to
>>    engage and collaborate with the group.
>>    - Irene: Researcher in non-capitalist ecologically sustainable
>>    economics
>>    - Sonali Sathaye: Freelance educator. Alternative education linked to
>>    alternative economics is an area of interest. Working on a course on
>>    Climate Change for school students.
>>    - Rama Mohana: Faculty at IIM Ahmedabad, part of this group largely
>>    to learn about alternative education and contribute where possible.
>>    - Ashish: works with Kalpariksh, Vikalp Sangam, Global Tapestry of
>>    Alternatives.
>>    - Upamanyu: KV, VS, GTA
>>    - Vasna: Lund University, Sweden, GTA Core, WOmin
>>    - Arvin: UPCIDS Alt Dev, Community organiser in urban poor community.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Updates from working groups Working Group 1: Pedagogic and knowledge
>>    sharing to build and strengthen repositories of materials*
>>    - The group made a list of the kind of materials people tend to share
>>    on Pedagog. The next question is where to save the materials.
>>    - One option is to use the GTA platform.
>>    - Start an independent website
>>    - Shared cloud drive
>>    - Funds are required, a coordinator is necessary.
>>
>>    *Comments *
>>    - Ashish: Easy access is the question. A quick call over the next
>>    couple of weeks can help in moving forward. Franco (GTA), Pallav (RED) can
>>    help. Flarum is another possibility.
>>    - Ashish: Another question is whether the space would be passive or
>>    interactive. Would it also require an internal and external section?
>>    - Upamanyu: Moodle is an option to look into—free open source
>>    learning management system
>>
>>
>> *Working Group 2: Research collaborations and action research *
>>    - A database about the members could be a starting point/referral
>>    point to further collaborations. A Google form can be sent out to the group.
>>    - Melanie Bush can help in this group with processing the data
>>
>>    *Comments*
>>    - Sonali: Finding out what everyone is doing on the network could be
>>    quite overwhelming. It would be nice to have a framework to process that
>>    information.
>>    - Ashish: This would be very valuable. A questionnaire should go out
>>    soon. In order to put the information within a framework, we can create
>>    drop down menus (MCQs).
>>
>>    *Working Group 3: Co-organization of events (inward-facing)*
>>    - Along similar lines to Group 2, and there is more work/thinking
>>    required.
>>
>>    *Working Group 5: Collective Values and Principles of the PeDAGoG
>>    network*
>>    - Following document has been worked upon:
>>    https://docs.google.com/document/d/17XEzP8uyXYlbMS_RF9tJ7GOB-M1MpOhs/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111534508705890427151&rtpof=true&sd=true
>>
>>    *Comments*
>>    - Sujit: Many people in this group are part of institutions which
>>    might not be in line with PEDAGOG’s ethics.
>>    - Vasna: Many of us are restricted by our institutions, but it is
>>    important to have these explicit guiding principles within these
>>    alternative spaces.
>>    - Ashish: Agreeing with Vasna, as one of the reasons behind PEDAGOG
>>    was to create an aspirational space, to subtly push and learn from each
>>    other. These ethics can be a guide to what could be.
>>    - Rama: These ethics can be a reference while critiquing the
>>    institutional constraints faced by many of us.
>>    - Ashish: the group can also play the role of advocacy such as with
>>    statements of solidarity.
>>    - Sonali: On Ashish’s point of solidarity, it can be hypocritical to
>>    advocate for anti-capitalist ideas while having comfortable jobs. This
>>    network can play a role in promoting alternative livelihoods and real
>>    alternatives.
>>    - Ashish: PEDAGOG is also supposed to challenge our ‘comfortable’
>>    notions, such as finding a balance between lack of remuneration, following
>>    our interests, and well-paying jobs.
>>    - Irene: There is an imbalance of contributions within this group,
>>    there may be a need to push people further and become more strict with the
>>    members who don't contribute.
>>    - Ashish: Agreeing with the point made by Irene, one view can be to
>>    look at the network as a long term project instead of a short term project.
>>    There is progress being made by some working groups.
>>
>>    *Moving Forward*
>>    - *Group 1* will look to hold a meeting in the coming month. Call for
>>    volunteers to be sent out to the larger group for help. Ashish will try to
>>    loop Franco and Pallav in.
>>    - *Group 2* is working on a questionnaire for members, Melanie will
>>    also assist the group.
>>    - *Group 5* has already put together the ethics framework. Another
>>    attempt can be made to send it out for comments. If there are no comments,
>>    then we can accept this as a final document for now.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Next Meeting:* 1,2,4,5,6 Feb as possible next dates. Upamanyu will send
>> out a Doodle Poll soon.
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 1:34 PM Ashish Kothari <ashishkothari at riseup.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear PeDAGoG colleagues, a gentle reminder about today's meeting ... do
>>> join if you can! See agenda and link below.
>>>
>>> If anyone would like to moderate this, pl. do volunteer ... you can
>>> write back to me, not full list,
>>>
>>> thanks!
>>>
>>> ashish
>>> On 27/11/21 5:43 pm, Upamanyu Das wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear PeDAGoG colleagues,
>>>
>>> Hope you're all doing well!
>>>
>>> We will be hosting the next online discussion of the PeGAGoG group on
>>> 16th Dec 2021 at 2 PM GMT.
>>>
>>> The broad agenda of the discussion is as follows:
>>> 1. Check-ins
>>> 2. Update by the working groups - including follow up
>>> actions/support required by the groups
>>> 3. Plans for the upcoming year - including a discussion on how to make
>>> the group more active
>>>
>>> Here's the link for the meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2598651679
>>>
>>> This will be a follow-up on the meeting held in June this year. You can
>>> access the key points from the previous meeting here:
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X4p8-Lf6CDDIxyzs8Jc5xx6mb3fB3bSDYsYPbZmJSK8/edit?usp=sharing
>>>
>>>
>>> Lastly, it would be nice if the different working groups formed in the
>>> previous meet could provide a short report of their progress to the larger
>>> group before the meeting (particularly the working groups on research
>>> possibilities and inward-facing events), though we will explore this
>>> further during the meeting itself.
>>>
>>> Looking forward to seeing you all there!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Upamanyu
>>>
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