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Pedagogies of Disaster

  • Edited by Adam Staley Groves, Nico Jenkins, Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei

Published on October 7, 2013 by punctum books

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Pages
552 pages
Languages
Albanian, English
Dimensions
6.14⤫9.21 in.
ISBN (Paperback)
ISBN: 978-0-615-89871-1 (Paperback)
DOI
DOI: 10.21983/P3.0050.1.00(opens in new tab)
BISAC subject codes
BISAC: EDU040000, PHI035000
Thema subject codes
THEMA: JNA, QDHR

We live in an era where the university system is undergoing great changes owing to developments in financing policies and research priorities, as well as changes in the society in which this system is embedded. This change toward a more market-oriented university, which also has immediate effects in academic peripheries such as the Balkans, the Middle East, or South-East Asia, is of great influence for the pedagogical practice of “less profitable” academic areas such as the Humanities: philosophy, languages, sociology, anthropology, history.

Because of the absence of a historically grounded establishment of the Humanities, academic peripheries, usually accompanied by a weak civil society infrastructure, seem to offer the most fertile ground for rethinking the Humanities, their pedagogical practice, and their politics, as well as the greatest threats, such as the ongoing capitalization of research, and profitability as the norm of educational achievement. The sprawling presence of for-profit universities and in academic peripheries such as Albania and Kosovo is indicative of this problematic, as are consistent underfunding of universities and the relentless budget cuts in American and English, and to a lesser extent European, universities. Motivations for this ongoing attack on the university are often driven by a political system or a politics with an aggressive stance to critical thought.

At the same time, such an absence of historical grounding may inspire a rejuvenation and reinvigoration of research in the Humanities, such as may be seen in academic centers around Asia, as many young scholars are attracted to an educational environment which is not yet completely petrified in bureaucratic procedures. In this case, a different set of questions appear concerning the place of the scholar in societies with semi-democratic or even authoritarian rule. For civil society to flourish, an educational system that reflects and interrogates the values and concepts that underlie a healthy social fabric are of crucial importance.

This volume comprises papers culled from continent.(opens in new tab) journal’s Pedagogies of Disaster conference held in Tirana, Albania, hosted by The Department of Eagles (Departamenti i Shqiponjave) in June 2013, and organized to address the fate of relation and the future of pedagogical practice in the University, and especially as it concerns the humanities. The papers gathered here seek to address the infrastructural or interpersonal changes in the modes of production as it relates to current academia, examining the elements and spaces of the rifts opening up in the polis of the University—its students, professors, and administrators. The volume further addresses the pedagogical horizon at a critical limit, asking:* for whom or for what are we teaching* and from whom or from what are we learning?

Contents

  1. Frontmatter (1–28)

    Nico Jenkins, Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei, Adam Staley Groves

  2. Opening (29–34)

    Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei

  3. Hapja (35–36)

    Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei

  4. A Pedagogy on the Verge of Disaster (37–48)

    Christopher Fynsk

  5. Një pedagogji në prag të shkatërrimit (49–65)

    Christopher Fynsk

  6. Desocializing the School: Education and the Action-Zone (67–85)

    Oliver Feltham

  7. Çshoqërizimi i shkollës: Arsimi dhe zona e aksionit (87–105)

    Oliver Feltham

  8. Sandy Hook University: Poetic Violence, Scope, and Style of Imagination (107–117)

    Adam Staley Groves

  9. Universiteti "Sandy Hook": Dhuna poetike, fusha e veprimit dhe stili i imagjinatës (119–125)

    Adam Staley Groves

  10. A Call for Thinking (The Disaster) (127–133)

    Julia Hölzl

  11. Një thirrje për të menduar (shkatërrimin) (135–146)

    Julia Hölzl

  12. The Rhetoric of Disaster: Surviving the End of the Humanities (147–161)

    John Van Houdt

  13. Retorika e shkatërrimit: T'i mbijetojmë fundit të humaniteteve (163–174)

    John Van Houdt

  14. A Passion for Yes: Coming Out and Affirmation (175–184)

    Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei

  15. Një pasion për po-në: Dalja hapur dhe pohimi (185–190)

    Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei

  16. Welcoming the Stranger: From Social Inclusion to Exilic Education (191–203)

    Edith Doron

  17. Mirëpritja e të huajit: Nga përshirja sociale tek arsimi mërgimtar (205–213)

    Edith Doron

  18. "Occupy Baghdad": On the Occupation of Images (215–229)

    Urok Shirhan

  19. "Occupy Baghdad": Mbi pushtimin e imazheve (231–245)

    Urok Shirhan

  20. Art after Democratism: The Pedagogy of the New World Summit (247–255)

    Jonas Staal

  21. Arti pas demokratizmit: Pedagogjia e Samitit të ri botëror (257–269)

    Jonas Staal

  22. "Reading on Disaster" Intervention: Imaginaries in Participatory Artistic Practice (271–280)

    Katharina Stadler

  23. Ndërhyrje "Të lexojmë mbi shkatërrimin": Imagjinaret në praktikat pjesëmarrëse artistike (281–294)

    Katharina Stadler

  24. Manifesto for Education in Albania (295–296)

    Nico Jenkins, Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei, Adam Staley Groves

  25. Manifest për arsimin në Shqirëri (297–298)

    Nico Jenkins, Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei, Adam Staley Groves

  26. Philosophy and Humanistic Education: J.S. Mill's Catastrophic Pedagogy (299–314)

    Andreas Vrahimis

  27. Filozofia dhe shkollimi humanist: Pedagogjia katastrofike e J.S. Millit (315–330)

    Andreas Vrahimis

  28. Walter Benjamin and the Inhumanities: Towards a Pedagogical Anti-Nietzscheanism (331–341)

    Matthew Charles

  29. Valter Benjamin dhe inhumanitetet: Drejt një kundërniçanizmi pedagogjik (343–353)

    Matthew Charles

  30. Philosophy beyond the Peras: Thinking with/in the Periphery (355–362)

    Nico Jenkins

  31. Pedagogjia përtej perasë: Të mendojmë me periferinë (363–374)

    Nico Jenkins

  32. Cyber-Catastrophe: Towards a New Pedagogy of Entropy (375–384)

    Justin Joque

  33. Katastrofa kibernetike: Drejt një pedagogjie të entropisë (385–398)

    Justin Joque

  34. Faculty in Withdrawal: Not To Know and the Uncertainties of Self-Institutionalization (399–411)

    Tijana Stevanović

  35. Fakulteti në zmbrapsje: Mosditja dhe pasiguritë e vetëinstitucionalizimit (413–422)

    Tijana Stevanović

  36. On Prototypes: Should We Eat Mao's Pear, Sail Saint-Exupéry's Boast, Drink with Heidegger's Pitcher, or Use Nietzsche's Hammer to Respond to the Crisis? (423–437)

    Denisa Kera

  37. Mbi prototipet: A duhet të hamë dardhën e Maos, të lundrojmë varkën e Sent-Eksyperisë, të pimë me kanën e Hajdegerit apo të përdorim çekanin e Niçes për t'iu përgjigjur krizës? (439–453)

    Denisa Kera

  38. The Necessity of Education: Or How Can One Still Be an Althusserian in the Wake of Badiou? (455–462)

    Sina Badiei

  39. Nevoja për arsim: Si mund të vazhdojmë të jemi Altyserianë pas Badiusë? (463–474)

    Sina Badiei

  40. The University Must Be Transcended (475–481)

    Nick Skiadopoulos

  41. Universiteti duhet tejkaluar (483–493)

    Nick Skiadopoulos

  42. Compter sur l'impossible inexistant - To Rely on the Inexistent Impossible (495–507)

    Judith Balso

  43. Compter sur l'impossible inexistant - Të mbështetesh mbi të pamundurën joekzistuese (509–526)

    Judith Balso

  44. Constitution of Happiness (527–529)

    Nico Jenkins, Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei, Adam Staley Groves

  45. Kushtetuta e lumturisë (531–537)

    Nico Jenkins, Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei, Adam Staley Groves

  46. Translator's Note (539–544)

    Jonida Gashi

  47. Shënim i përkthyeses (545–553)

    Jonida Gashi

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  • Humanities+University
  • Pedagogies
  • Philosophy

Keywords

  • catastrophe
  • humanities
  • pedagogy
  • philosophy
  • university