[PeDAGoG] Next Online Discussion in Feb 2022

Fri Feb 4 12:30:26 CET 2022

Dear all,

There was a slight mistake in my previous email -- the next meeting is to
be held on *15th Feb* at *3-5 PM GMT* (*not GST*). Apologies for the
confusion. I will send across a link for the meeting soon.

Best,
Upamanyu

On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 4:33 PM UPAMANYU DAS . <upamanyu.das18_dev at apu.edu.in>
wrote:

> 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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