[Xmca-l] Re: Re-generating CHAT: Interesting symposium on July 2, at 5 pm Central European Summer Time

[Antti Rajala]

Dear all,

Please note that the recording for the symposium *Learning from Learners:
Power, Resistance and  Learners' Voices in an Era of Uncertainty *(see
below for details) presented at the EARLI SIG 10-21-25 conference on July
2, 2020, is now available for viewers at the Cultural Praxis website. This
is the link to the recording
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://culturalpraxis.net/wordpress1/2020/07/11/re-generating-chat-online-symposium-learning-from-learners-power-resistance-and-learners-voices-in-an-era-of-uncertainty/__;!!Mih3wA!UTHP7__XDysgW5GBugcWiVFsSL1CdZL8_aErW8bUTM3ENXIQWHLLfK9YwnVrYTXGYYHhrw$ 

The symposium was considered very successful based on the experience of the
presenters as well as based on the feedback we received from the audience.
About 53 persons took part in the session.

Best wishes, Antti

On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 at 23:16, Antti Rajala <ajrajala@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Xmca-folks
>
> As many of you know there has been an important initiative
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://re-generatingchat.com/__;!!Mih3wA!UTHP7__XDysgW5GBugcWiVFsSL1CdZL8_aErW8bUTM3ENXIQWHLLfK9YwnVrYTVqr3zupg$  to critically revise and invigorate
> cultural historical theory, sponsored among others by the Mind Culture and
> Activity journal.
>
> One outcome of this project is an online invited symposium to be held as
> part of European Association of Research on Learning and Instruction
> (EARLI) SIG conference on July 1-3, 2020. There is still room in the
> conference and there is no fee for participation. There is also other
> interesting program in the conference, see https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://earli.org/SIG10-21-25__;!!Mih3wA!UTHP7__XDysgW5GBugcWiVFsSL1CdZL8_aErW8bUTM3ENXIQWHLLfK9YwnVrYTXJbeFZsg$ 
>
> The Re-gen symposium is titled *Learning from Learners: Power, Resistance
> and  Learners' Voices in an Era of Uncertainty. *See the info below. (The
> symposium was originally accepted in the Cultural-historical SIG of AERA
> 2020 conference)
>
> Please note that the deadline for registrations is already on June 15th.
> If interested, you can register here:
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://earli.org/SIG10-21-25*practical-info__;Iw!!Mih3wA!UTHP7__XDysgW5GBugcWiVFsSL1CdZL8_aErW8bUTM3ENXIQWHLLfK9YwnVrYTVl78vh8w$ 
>
> Hope to see you there!
>
> On behalf of the conference organizers and the symposium organizers,
>
> Antti Rajala (Co-coordinator of EARLI SIG on Educational Theory)
>
>
> *Learning from Learners: Power, Resistance and  Learners' Voices in an Era
> of Uncertainty*
> Organisers: Charles Underwood, University of California, Berkeley, United
> States; Mara Mahmood, University of California Berkeley, United States;
> Sophina ChoudryUniversity of Manchester, United Kingdom; Arturo Cortez,
> University of Colorado, Boulder, United States; Alfredo Jornet, University
> of Oslo, Department of Teacher Education and School Research, Spain; Antti
> Rajala, University of Helsinki, Finland; Michael Bakal, University of
> Berkeley, United States; M. Lisette Lopez, Univeristy of California,
> Berkeley, United States; Kalonji Nzinga, University of Colorado at Boulder,
> United States; José Ramón Lizárraga, University of Colorado, United
> States; Mike Cole, University of California, San Diego, United States
>
> Chairs: Mara Mahmood, University of California Berkeley, United States;
> Charles Underwood, University of California, Berkeley, United States;
> Kalonji Nzinga, University of Colorado at Boulder, United States
>
> Discussants:  Angela Booker, University of California, San Diego, United
> States; Anna Stetsenko, The Graduate Center of the City University of New
> York, United States
>
> Abstract
>
> This symposium engages panelists and participants in the exploration and
> re-conceptualization of “learners’ voices” from a cultural-historical
> activity theory (CHAT) perspective that approaches education as a struggle
> to overcome dominant paradigms that thwart learners’ development and agency
> in the face of an uncertain future. As part of a larger effort to
> re-generate CHAT, this symposium will articulate and elaborate the concept
> of "learners’ voices" as a tool for guiding students, teachers,
> researchers, activists, and policy-makers in re-orienting pedagogy to
> cultivate their critical voices, empowering learners to become agentive
> sociopolitical actors in charge of their own futures-in-the-making. The
> concept of voice has been used in educational research, design and practice
> for calling out and naming the hidden power relations in systems of
> oppression and plays a role in learner-centered approaches (Corbett &
> Wilson, 1995) culturally-relevant pedagogies (Ladson-Billings 1994; Lee,
> 2006), hybrid language education (Gutiérrez, 1999), and critical race
> theories and pedagogies (Mensah, 2019).
>
> Panelists reconceptualize voice as “learners’ voices” broadly to convey
> agentive engagement in meaning making in the face of unequal power
> relations. While the panelists work in different social contexts (see
> presentation abstracts) all employ the concept of “learners’ voices” and
> explore ways of encouraging multivoicedness, speaking truth to power, and
> recognizing learners’ voices as an educational necessity in an uncertain
> global context. The structure of the symposium encourages dialogue designed
> to promote the collective co-construction and development of the concept of
> "learners’ voices" as a critical tool for expanding our understanding of
> teaching and learning.
>
> Papers
>
>
> *Participatory Design Research for Climate Resilience and Activism*
> Michael Bakal, University of Berkeley, United States
>
>
> *“Trump Would Just Get Sucked Into a Black Hole”: Youthful Digital
> Imaginings of New Futures*
> José Ramón Lizárraga, University of Colorado, United States; Arturo
> Cortez, University of Colorado, Boulder, United States
>
> *Contradictory Activities Leading to Differential Learning in a
> Heterogeneous Mathematics Classroom*
>
> Sophina Choudry, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
>
> *“It’s Rigged!”: The Disruption That Reverberates When Youth Vocalize That
> the System Is Fixed*
>
> M. Lisette Lopez, Univeristy of California, Berkeley, United States;
> Kalonji Nzinga, University of Colorado at Boulder, United States
>
>
> *Learners’ Voices and the Transformation of Schooling Towards a
> Sustainable Society*
> Alfredo Jornet, University of Oslo, Department of Teacher Education and
> School Research, Spain; Antti Rajala, University of Helsinki, Finland
>
>
>
>
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