[Xmca-l] Re: The Highlander Center in Tennessee

Andy Blunden ablunden@mira.net
Mon Aug 25 05:57:28 PDT 2014


he, he! yes. His approach is quite consonant with CHAT principles! ... 
but not many school teachers have the pupils pointing a gun at their 
head demanding the teacher stick to the 3Rs, or something. :)
Andy
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*Andy Blunden*
http://home.pacific.net.au/~andy/


Peg Griffin wrote:
> In the precis you gave of the interview, Andy, I see clearly that it 
> fits into Luria's dual stimulation method and more generally into 
> development in crises/critical moments.
> PG
>
>
> On Monday, August 25, 2014 6:33 AM, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> 
> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks so much for this, Greg,
> Listening to the guy (it took me all day to get through this 2 hour
> video!) it comes across much clearer than I could get it from various 
> texts.
> Around the 48 min mark he tells how this tough union group came up to
> Highlander to work through a problem they had, and they came to Horton
> and said they wanted him to make the decision for them because they
> couldn't resolve it. Horton refused. So they put a gun to his head to
> make their point. Still he refused.
> I was looking for where/how he *taught* collective decision-making, but
> it is clear now, by just insisting that people "take charge of their own
> lives" and demanding that while at the Center they run the whole place,
> together, and refusing ever to make a decision or tell them what ought
> to be done, they learnt how to make collective decisions, in their own 
> way.
> In the autumn of 1959, when the students who were later to create SNCC
> came to Highlander (as opposed to the unionists CIO had been sending),
> this had the particularly spectacular outcomes which I am interested in.
> Sorry to be a little cryptic, but it's a work in progress.
> Thank you Robert and Peg and Greg for your assistance.
>
> Andy
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *Andy Blunden*
> http://home.pacific.net.au/~andy/ <http://home.pacific.net.au/%7Eandy/>
>
>
> Greg Thompson wrote:
> > 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 
> <mailto:goncu@uic.edu>
> > <mailto:goncu@uic.edu <mailto: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/ 
> <http://home.pacific.net.au/%7Eandy/>
> >    <http://home.pacific.net.au/%7Eandy/>
> >    >
> >    >
> >    > 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>
> >    
> <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>>
> >    >>
> >    
> <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>
> >    
> <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>
> >    <mailto:boblake@georgiasouthern.edu 
> <mailto:boblake@georgiasouthern.edu>>
> >    <mailto:boblake@georgiasouthern.edu 
> <mailto:boblake@georgiasouthern.edu>
> >    <mailto: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 
> <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>>
> >    >> 
> >      
> <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 
> <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>
> >    
> <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 
> <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> 
> <mailto:ablunden@mira.net <mailto:ablunden@mira.net>>
> >    >>    <mailto:ablunden@mira.net <mailto:ablunden@mira.net> 
> <mailto: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/>
> >    <http://home.pacific.net.au/%7Eandy/>
> >    >>    <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>>
> >    <mailto:ablunden@mira.net <mailto:ablunden@mira.net> 
> <mailto:ablunden@mira.net <mailto:ablunden@mira.net>>> <mailto:
>
> >    >>    >> ablunden@mira.net <mailto:ablunden@mira.net> 
> <mailto:ablunden@mira.net <mailto:ablunden@mira.net>>
> >    <mailto: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/>
> >    >>    <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>
> >    <tel:%28912%29%20478-0355>
> >    >>    >> Fax: (912) 478-5382 <tel:%28912%29%20478-5382>
> >    <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>
> >    <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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > 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
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