We are writing to you
to ask you to share a short article with personal stories from your own life
for our next publication in the Resisting the Culture of Schooling Series. This book seeks to create a space for us to
share: how we started to unlearn/challenge/resist development and globalization
(and their various reference points); how we started to reclaim control over
our own learning processes; and, how we are trying to regenerate our own ways
of living more creatively, harmoniously, justly, etc. The intended audience
would be young people who are struggling to make sense of the world around them
and to create a positive role for themselves in
it. We hope the book will help nudge
them out of the "we can reform the system" mode of thinking about the
world and encourage them to take some risks.
Given your background, interests and inspiring
experiences, we thought that you would make an excellent contribution to this
book. Please consider the following
questions for your story:
·
How did you come to understand/unmask the present
destructive military-industrial paradigm and its institutions of
thought-control? What motivates you to challenge it?
·
How are you resisting the present consumerist/competitive
lifestyle and institutionalized notions of ‘progress’?
·
What are some of your experiences with unlearning
and self-learning? What were the processes/experiences by which you identified
and started to develop your own potentials, abilities, skills, creativities,
questions, common sense and voice of conscience?
·
What inspires you to undertake new experiments in
your life? What values/dreams/relationships are important to you? How have you
gone about exploring various dimensions of meaningful living?
Your story should be approximately 4000-6000 words.
Feel free to contact to us any questions or suggestions.
Thanks.
Best wishes,
Manish and Shilpa
Shikshantar: The Peoples’ Institute
for Rethinking Education and Development