Education plays a pivotal role in how societies remember the past, confront justice and build pathways towards reconciliation. The conference reflects on the multitude of roles that educational media has played in conflict affected contexts. On the one hand, educational media has been used to perpetuate nationalistic narratives and perpetuate violence. On the other hand, textbooks, digital materials and learning platforms have the potential to act as memory, witness and documentation to support reconciliation processes. This conference invites scholars, educators, and practitioners as well as policy makers or artists to explore how remembering, truth-telling, and reconciliation unfold within both formal and informal educational contexts. Schools, universities, community learning spaces and formal truth commissions are recognized as sites where historical memory is constructed, contested and transmitted across generations. At the same time, educators are called upon to engage with difficult histories such as colonialism, genocide, war, systemic discrimination and political repression – through pedagogies that foster decolonial approaches, critical reflection and social healing.
More information about the call you can find here.
[The description of the call for papers is based on the content of the Initiative's website.]
