Teaching with activists
"The classroom remains the most radical space
of possibility in the academy"
- bell hooks
The pedagogical significance of this research project is in line with the purpose of 鈥榯eaching for social justice鈥� as conceptualised in feminist pedagogy and de Sousa Santos鈥� idea of 鈥榩olyphonic university鈥�. Teaching for justice takes the form of 鈥榚ngaged pedagogy鈥� in bell hooks鈥� work (Teaching to Transgress, Routledge, 1994) and aims at building a vision of justice that should be 鈥榗ollectively imagined, collectively guarded and collectively worked out鈥� in Jacqui Alexander鈥檚 words (). De Sousa Santos鈥� idea of 鈥榩olyphonic university鈥� where the plurality of voices composing the university are not just cosmetic illustrations but are represented in different conventional and unconventional ways (). Engaging with the 鈥榰nconventional鈥� expertise of activists provides students with a variety of tools to interrogate assumptions and develop new ways to look at the past and present world with insight and originality and reimagine the future.
We will use this space to provide examples of these forms of pedagogical engagement.
Labour Law Policy Briefs
These policy briefs have been created by Labour Law in Context students, with the support of the module convenor Dr Serena Natile, to reflect on the limits and potential of the law to address the asymmetries of power and structural inequalities embedded in the regulation of 鈥榳ork鈥�, nationally and transnationally.