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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Thanks for this tiny wonderful article . I will use the following quote from the article <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;background:white'>the role of universities must go far beyond coming up with new technologies or even teaching critical thinking. What is needed is a wholesale re-imagining of the world, and this requires education that(1) <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>helps us envisage alternative futures</span>, (2) <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>gives us tools to communicate our visions</span> and (3) <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>agonise with others over their visions</span>, helping us realise our agency as <i>political</i> beings.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Sujit Sinha <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> GTA-PeDAGoG [mailto:gta-pedagog-bounces@lists.ourproject.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>singhvan@rcn.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 06, 2021 9:42 AM<br><b>To:</b> teachersacc <teachersacc@googlegroups.com>; PeDAGoG: Post-Development Academic-Activist Global Group <gta-pedagog@lists.ourproject.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [PeDAGoG] "Anthropocene skills need to be at the centre of curricula"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Dear All, <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I thought this article might be of interest: </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;background:white'>"Anthropocene Skills Need to be at the Centre of Curricula"</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>"</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;background:white'>What is the role of universities at such a moment of heightened collective and individual responsibility? Many would argue that universities simply need to keep on doing what they are already doing: innovating, coming up with new technologies, looking for solutions to the climate crisis.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'><br><span style='background:white'>This view, however, relegates universities to a position in which they simply help fulfil agendas decided elsewhere, reacting to developments as they unfold rather than actively re-shaping humanity’s trajectory. This is a far cry from living up to the demands of the historical moment we are in."</span></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20210127065228110">https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20210127065228110</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Best, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Vandana<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>