Freire and the perseverance of hope – exploring communication and social change

The Brazilian educator Paulo Freire (1921-1997) is one of the most important thinkers of the 21st Century, figuring among the most quoted authors in the fields of Education and Social Sciences all over the world. He is also a core reference to an infinite number of grassroots and activist initiative...

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Main Authors: Ailton Krenak, Ana Suzina, Anita Gurumurthy, Benjamin Ferron, Claudia Magallanes-Blanco, Colin Chasi, Elijerton Veras, Eriberto Gualinga Montalvo, Fania Sánchez de la Vega González, Frei Betto, Happy Singu-Hansen, James Deane, Jharna Brahma, Karin Gwinn Wilkins, Linje Manyozo, Mayrá Lima, Michael Dokyum Kim, Nompumelelo Gumede, Thomas Tufte, Xavier Carbonell
Format: Book
Language:English
Subjects:
Communication
Dialogue
Empathy
Epistemology
Hope
Humility
Love
Paulo Freire
Social Change
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Summary:The Brazilian educator Paulo Freire (1921-1997) is one of the most important thinkers of the 21st Century, figuring among the most quoted authors in the fields of Education and Social Sciences all over the world. He is also a core reference to an infinite number of grassroots and activist initiatives globally. This book celebrates his birth centennial with a collection of 19 contributions from both experienced and young media and communication scholars and activists working in 11 countries. They reflect and debate Freire’s principles and ideas, revisiting their origins and interrogating their relevance to current challenges and struggles. The result can be summarized as a claim for affect as the core feature of social change and a tool for yielding resistance.