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Our team brings together an interdisciplinary group with extensive experience of working with social movements and education in Colombia, South Africa, Nepal, the UK, and Turkey, combining academic and practical expertise in peace, conflict, education, transformative education, workers’ education, and critical pedagogy. This diversity of experience enables us to offer comparative insights into the role of education in conflict and peacebuilding, drawing on powerful narratives of struggle and resilience from different global contexts. With contributions from Prof. Mario Novelli on the role of education in social movements in diverse conflict contexts, but with a special focus on the Intercultural University of the Peoples in Colombia and its contributions to struggles for peace with social justice during recent peace processes; Birgül Kutan on democracy, pedagogy and social movements in Turkey, and Prof. Fatma Gök on the rich traditions of transformative education and social movements in the region. Our collective knowledge will create a rich transnational learning environment that Asst. Prof. Birgül Kutan will help translate into region’s unique socio‑political landscape.
Grounded in dialogical, community‑centred pedagogies, our approach values the knowledge and agency of local communities, emphasising bottom‑up peacebuilding, collective memory, and transformative education that challenges structural violence existing socio-cultural structure. This workshop, which brings together theoretical discussions, participatory dialogues, critical collective reflection, and practical activities, aims to rethink the role of education in building inclusive and just peace, prioritises working with marginalised groups—particularly Kurdish youth and women—and seeks to strengthen connections between local and global peacebuilding actors. By the end of the workshop, participants will have co-developed a framework for critical pedagogy in peacebuilding; gained new strategies and tools for transformative educational practice; expanded local and international networks; identified opportunities for continued collaboration beyond the Forum; and contributed to the Forum’s final declaration by embedding critical education and justice at the heart of a broader peacebuilding vision.
Important note: This workshop will be held over two consecutive days. Participants are expected to attend both days.
Language: Turkish and English (with simultaneous translation)
Participation: Open to professionals and researchers in education and those engage in education with social movements are especially encouraged to join.
Capacity: 30 people