This webinar will explore the role of activism in global education, drawing on recent case studies and research.
Òscar O. Santos-Sopena will discuss the intersections of education, social justice, and activism, with insights into how educators and researchers can foster activist engagement in their work.
Monique Leivas Vargas will discuss "Epistemic justice: the potential of photovoice and participatory methodologies to amplify the voices of the most vulnerable populations and social groups and contribute to glocal activism."
Dr. Òscar O. Santos-Sopena (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería y Diseño Industrial, Madrid)
Dr. Santos-Sopena is Associate Director for Students Affairs, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship at ETSIDI-UPM and Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Linguistics at the same University. He has taught numerous Cultural Studies and Foreign Languages communication courses at The Catholic University of America (Washington, DC), University of Maryland-College Park (USA), Universidad de las Américas (Mexico), West Texas A&M University (USA), Antonio de Nebrija University, and UNED. His lines of research and teaching revolve around cultural studies, Digital Humanities, and communication processes in intercultural/multicultural contexts.
Prof Monique Leivas Vargas is an assistant professor with a PhD in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Valencia. She is a collaborating professor in the Master's Degree in Development Cooperation (UPV) , in the Postgraduate Degree in Innovation for Social and Environmental Transformation at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and in the Diploma of Specialization in Promoting Citizen Participation at the University of Valencia . She teaches content directly related to the different paradigms of social research and transformative participatory methodologies that contribute to justice and epistemic liberation in the university-society relations, such as participatory video, social cartography, photovoice, collective mapping, among others
This event, to be held at 13:00 GMT on the 12 February 2025, will last around 90 minutes and will be hosted via Zoom. Please register via Zoom using the button below. This session will be Chaired by ANGEL Advisory Board member La Salete Coelho. The event will be accessible to both English and Spanish speakers via simultaneous translation.
This event is part of a series of online events run by the Academic Network for Global Education & Learning. The series is aimed at Global Education professionals, as well as anyone with an interest in research in the fields of Development Education, Global Citizenship Education, Human Rights Education, Education for Sustainable Development, Education for Peace, and Intercultural Education. This event, along with the other activities of the ANGEL network, is co-funded by the European Union.*
* The establishment of this network and website has been made possible with funding support from the European Commission. The activities and publications of the network are the responsibilities of the organisers, the Development Education Research Centre, and can in no way be seen as reflecting the views of the European Commission.
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The establishment of this network and website has been made possible with funding support from the European Commission.
The activities and publications of the network are the responsibilities of the organisers, the Development Education Research Centre, and can in no way be seen as reflecting the views of the European Commission.
