Co investigation slideshow
- 1. A Dialogical Learning Community ALP Co-Investigation 2014
- 2. Co-investa-what!? People investigate their own lives, area and language People will go beyond identification of issues and complaints, to analysing the power and construction of those issues People identify what they need to know and do more about on those issues, and learn or do those things. People then act on those issues, and aim to overcome previous “limit situations”, senses of powerlessness, and external control and determination Actively co-determining your own lives, situations and realities
- 4. Context Adult Learning Project ALP Big Gaitherin I & II in 2012 Paulo Freire Reading Group 2013 Scottish Referendum on Independence 2014 Cuts, cuts, cuts! Changing nature of Tollcross Community Centres and public services
- 5. Purpose “Cultural Action takes place within and in opposition to the present system. It refers to education projects rather than a system of education. These projects are not about changing society or the world. They are about preparing people to want to change, and to understand what needs changing, and to understand how they might go about organising themselves to engage in the broader struggle. The preparation hinges upon offering people a 'glimpse' or an abbreviated experience of what it could mean to know, to learn, and to be and relate differently.” P. Allman 1991, Charnwood Papers (B. O'Hagan(ed.))
- 6. The more people become themselves, the better the democracy. The less people are asked about what they want, about their expectations, the less democracy we have. It is about the student producing knowledge seeing themselves as an agent of change.
- 7. Method To See To Analyse To Act
- 8. 1. See Gather information on the selected area Invite people to meeting to launch investigation with others Coding of these words, phrases and issues Creating codes Decoding of these words, phrases and issues Problem posing (rather than telling people) Identifying contradictions and “limit situations” (where do people feel they can't do anything about an issue or have no control over it) Focusing down on key themes on central 'theme'. 3. Act Launch event Knocking on doors/surveys in streets, etc Desk-based research Primary research – speak to people in their ordinary lives. Identify common language, sayings, expressions, issues. 2. Analyse What is happening Identify what we need to know and do to act on this theme Learn what is relevant and important Do what is needed to have a specific, achievable and active impact on the issue Creative display of codes to public – workshop/public event, exhibition, story gathering etc Group analysis and discussion Prioritisation activity Adult education class/workshop Action/campaign
- 10. How will it be used....?? Written up and distributed to participants and locally Inform development of funding bids within ALP and ALP Association for future learning projects Be sent to relevant decision makers (community council, local authority, councillors, MP's and MSP's, etc) Used as guide and mandate for cultural action programme
- 11. Examples 'Play in the Terraces' Scots Music Group ALP Community Survey and tile panel project Forum Theatre The Welcoming School closure campaign
- 12. Who will be involved...? Adult Learning Project John Player – ALP worker Local residents that join the investigation team Tollcross Community centre University of Edinburgh Community Education department? You.....?
- 13. So...what do we do...?
- 14. Where...?
- 15. 2011 Data Zone Total Population 1 2001 2 883 1222 3 4 992 1 992 2 667 3 988 4 839 775
- 16. Creative ways to engage and start dialogue... Innovative and new e.g.... Achievable in short period Resources needed Experience using this already in group Relevant to the area Do we have the skills/capacity to do this? Inclusive