[Xmca-l] Re: The Highlander Center in Tennessee
Greg Thompson
greg.a.thompson@gmail.com
Sun Aug 24 21:23:23 PDT 2014
and I started watching this nice special titled "Myles Horton: Radical
Hillbilly":
http://vimeo.com/30650519
It is a Bill Moyers journal and the nice part about it is most of it is
Moyers interviewing Horton. From what little I know, it seems to give a
very good sense for the man.
-greg
On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 8:57 PM, Goncu, Artin <goncu@uic.edu> wrote:
>
>
> Yes, this information is much appreciated. ag
>
>
> On Sun, August 24, 2014 7:29 pm, Andy Blunden wrote:
> > Thanks Greg. That does work better. :)
> > Very tantalizing for me. I have no doubt that everything I need is in
> > those boxes. :)
> > Andy
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > *Andy Blunden*
> > http://home.pacific.net.au/~andy/
> >
> >
> > Greg Thompson wrote:
> >> I think a "d" was missing at the beginning of the link you sent Robert.
> >>
> >> Here is full link:
> >>
> >>
> http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives&cc=wiarchives&type=simple&rgn=Entire+Finding+Aid&q1=myles+horton+papers&location=all&Submit=Search
> >> <
> http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives&cc=wiarchives&type=simple&rgn=Entire+Finding+Aid&q1=myles+horton+papers&location=all&Submit=Search
> >
> >>
> >> Fantastic resource!
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> greg
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Robert Lake
> >> <boblake@georgiasouthern.edu <mailto:boblake@georgiasouthern.edu>>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Andy and Everyone,
> >> Here is the link to the digital archives for Highlander at the
> >> University
> >> of Wisconsin.
> >>
> >>
> igicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives&cc=wiarchives&type=simple&rgn=Entire+Finding+Aid&q1=myles+horton+papers&location=all&Submit=Search
> >> <
> http://igicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives&cc=wiarchives&type=simple&rgn=Entire+Finding+Aid&q1=myles+horton+papers&location=all&Submit=Search
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net
> >> <mailto:ablunden@mira.net>> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Robert,
> >> > I have a memoir written by Angeline Butler about her time at
> >> Highlander in
> >> > 1959 before joining SNCC and she reports being taught consensus
> >> > decision-making. I know Horton placed a lot of emphasis on
> >> forcing students
> >> > to make their own decisions, and I have a memoir from an African
> >> student at
> >> > the International Peoples College at Helsingor on which Horton
> >> based
> >> > Highlander, which tells of a specific exercise in consensus
> >> decision
> >> > making. I think it may have come under the heading of "conflict
> >> > resolution". What I don't have is any independent corroboration
> >> of Angeline
> >> > Butler's testimony and nor do Horton's notes about what he learnt
> >> at
> >> > Helsingor mention conflict resolution or any kind of
> >> decision-making.
> >> > Mainly about bonding.
> >> >
> >> > Any thoughts?
> >> > Andy
> >> >
> >>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> > *Andy Blunden*
> >> > http://home.pacific.net.au/~andy/
> >> <http://home.pacific.net.au/%7Eandy/>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Robert Lake wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi Andy,
> >> >> Yes I do. Start with this .
> >> >> http://highlandercenter.org/about-us/history/
> >> >>
> >> >> And this biography of Myles Horton
> >> >>
> >> >>
> http://www.amazon.com/The-Long-Haul-An-Autobiography/dp/0807737003
> >> >> and the biography of Septima Clark.
> >> >>
> >> >> http://www.amazon.com/Freedoms-Teacher-Life-Septima-
> >> >> Clark/dp/0807872229/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=
> >> >> 1408889271&sr=1-2&keywords=septima+clark <http://www.amazon.com/
> >> >> Freedoms-Teacher-Life-Septima-Clark/dp/0807872229/ref=sr_1_
> >> >> 2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408889271&sr=1-2&keywords=septima+clark>
> >> >>
> >> >> I have written a piece on her as well and will send it this
> >> afternoon.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> I think the book We Make the Road by Walking: A dialogue
> >> between Myles
> >> >> Horton and Paulo Freire
> >> >> is one of the best books on both these leaders.
> >> >>
> >> >> More Later,
> >> >> Robert Lake
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> I will send more this afternoon.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Andy Blunden
> >> <ablunden@mira.net <mailto:ablunden@mira.net> <mailto:
> >> >> ablunden@mira.net <mailto:ablunden@mira.net>>> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Does anyone on this list know about the Highlander Center,
> >> what
> >> >> used to be called the Highlander Folk School?
> >> >> The people there are very helpful, but they're also rushed
> >> off
> >> >> their feet (like everyone, I guess) and if there were any
> >> other
> >> >> sources of information about it, that would be helpful. I'm
> >> >> particularly interested if anyone is familiar with what
> >> they were
> >> >> doing in the 1950s and 60s.
> >> >>
> >> >> Andy
> >> >> --
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >> ------------
> >> >> *Andy Blunden*
> >> >> http://home.pacific.net.au/~andy/
> >> <http://home.pacific.net.au/%7Eandy/>
> >> >> <http://home.pacific.net.au/%7Eandy/>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> *Robert Lake Ed.D.
> >> >> *Associate Professor
> >> >> Social Foundations of Education
> >> >> Dept. of Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading
> >> >> Georgia Southern University
> >> >> Secretary/Treasurer-AERA- Paulo Freire Special Interest Group
> >> >> P. O. Box 8144
> >> >> Phone: (912) 478-0355 <tel:%28912%29%20478-0355>
> >> >> Fax: (912) 478-5382 <tel:%28912%29%20478-5382>
> >> >> Statesboro, GA 30460
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> *Robert Lake Ed.D.*Associate Professor
> >> Social Foundations of Education
> >> Dept. of Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading
> >> Georgia Southern University
> >> Secretary/Treasurer-AERA- Paulo Freire Special Interest Group
> >> P. O. Box 8144
> >> Phone: (912) 478-0355 <tel:%28912%29%20478-0355>
> >> Fax: (912) 478-5382 <tel:%28912%29%20478-5382>
> >> Statesboro, GA 30460
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Gregory A. Thompson, Ph.D.
> >> Assistant Professor
> >> Department of Anthropology
> >> 882 Spencer W. Kimball Tower
> >> Brigham Young University
> >> Provo, UT 84602
> >> http://byu.academia.edu/GregoryThompson
> >
> >
>
>
> Artin Goncu, Ph.D
> Co-editor, Mind, Culture, and Activity:An International Journal
> Professor Emeritus,
> University of Illinois at Chicago
> College of Education M/C 147
> 1040 W. Harrison St.
> Chicago, IL 60607
>
>
>
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882 Spencer W. Kimball Tower
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