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ERIC Number: EJ1237530
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Nov
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1443-1394
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Reconceptualising Activism for a Pedagogy of Struggle: Occupying Education, the Power of the Empty Signifier for the Future of Education
Earl, Cassie
Australian Journal of Adult Learning, v59 n3 p389-404 Nov 2019
The global Occupy! actions gave some pause for thought. At first, some thought that this was a global movement that could change the way politics was conducted and maybe see the end of capitalism as we knew it. The hopes for Occupy! were high, but the highest hopes for the movement were short lived. This paper examines Occupy!'s legacy; what potential remains and where educators might go with it. An argument is presented that Occupy! became an empty signifier: a 'bucket' of discontent into which thousands of disjointed, dissenting voices and discontents were poured, ranging from the original Wall Street encampment to the Umbrella revolution in Occupy Central. The paper looks at the power of the 'empty signifier' as a galvanising mechanism and explores what this could mean for education. The notion of occupying the curriculum in HE will be explored as a unifying mechanism for multidisciplinary teaching and learning.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (London); New York (New York); Hong Kong
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