Critical pedagogy and the fierce urgency of now: opening up space for critical reflections on the U.S. civil rights movement

This manuscript engages with the U.S. civil rights movement and offers reflections on how critical scholarship and pedagogy can benefit from a robust engagement with the African American freedom struggle. While widely studied in other disciplines and despite the work of some very committed geographe...

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Published in:Social & cultural geography 2017-05, Vol.18 (4), p.451-465
Main Author: Inwood, Joshua F. J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic freedom
African Americans
black geographies
civil rights
Civil rights movements
Classrooms
critical geography
Critical pedagogy
Critical theory
Derechos humanos
droits de l'homme
Ella Baker
Geografía crítica
Geografías afroamericanas
Geographers
Geography
Grass roots movement
géographie critique
géographies des Noirs
Human geography
Pedagogy
Pedagogía crítica
Power
Pédagogie critique
Scrutiny
Social change
Social conditions & trends
Social movements
Social power
Teaching
Urgency
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Summary:This manuscript engages with the U.S. civil rights movement and offers reflections on how critical scholarship and pedagogy can benefit from a robust engagement with the African American freedom struggle. While widely studied in other disciplines and despite the work of some very committed geographers, the U.S. civil rights movement has enjoyed less critical scrutiny within the broader discipline. More specifically, I outline a set of broader concepts that can be utilized and which illustrate the power of grass-roots social movements to change oppressive social conditions. This has implications not only for social and cultural geography, but also for the ways we engage in the hard and often unrewarded work of classroom engagement and teaching.
ISSN:1464-9365
1470-1197
DOI:10.1080/14649365.2016.1197301