One of the complex and slightly paradoxical tasks we practice in global citizenship education is that of positing ourselves as change agents while also attempting to decenter ourselves in a world of others.
In Lehigh’s second Conference on Global Citizenship Education, we will think about protagonism, self-awareness, ways of decentering the self, seeing others as full protagonists, and maybe all of us as non-protagonists on our rapidly changing planet … What speculations, poems, policy ideas or other thoughts do these ideas bring up? Please join us for a virtual conference that will be widely open to academics.
Photo: "Both Worlds," Cecilia Paredes
Conference on Global Citizenship Education
Everyone is a Protagonist; No One is a Protagonist: Decentering Ourselves in Global Citizenship Education
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Virtual Conference
Center for Global Citizenship Education
Lehigh University
Conference Schedule
| Time (EST) | Session | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Welcome and Overview: Everyone is a Protagonist; No One is Protagonist | Lina Rodríguez, Professor of Practice and Director, Global Citizenship Program, Lehigh University |
| 9:30 am - 10:15 am | Keynote: Looking at Global Citizenship from a Renaissance Perspective | Hilary Link, President, Allegheny College |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Break | |
| 10:30 am - 11:15 am | From Margin to Center Inspired by the salient work of Patricia Hill Collins, this facilitated dialogue will | Rita Jones, Director, Center for Gender Equity, Lehigh University Chad Williams, Director, Office for Multicultural Affairs, Lehigh University |
| 11:15 am - 12:00 pm | Re-Centering Land-Based Ecological and Cultural Knowledge Systems for Health Equity How can sociological ad public health research with indigenous communities center different ways of knowing and seeing? Maya Magarati will draw from her experiences working with culturally centered, community-based practices in indigenous communities in the United States, and her own lived experiences as an Indigenous Magar from Nepal. | Maya Magarati, Researcher, School of Social Work, University of Washington |
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Lunch break | |
| 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm | Alternative Routes It was when l relocated to Philadelphia in 2004, that l began my “landscape" series. I started to do the performances where I appear camouflaged or almost integrated to the background that surrounded me. The illusion of "disappearing" into the landscape has behind the theme of re-location after displacement and migration and how one has to adjust, without forgetting one’s origins. | Cecilia Paredes, Artist (Lima, Peru/Philadelphia) |
| 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm | Sharing the Journey of The Queen of Water, a Life-Changing Book Collaboration María Virginia Farinango, an indigenous Ecuadorian psychologist, and Colorado-based author Laura Resau will share the difficult yet ultimately inspiring story of María Virginia’s childhood in the Andes and discuss the process, challenges, and rewards of their collaboration to create the young adult novel, The Queen of Water. | Laura Reseau (Colorado, United States) and Maria Virginia Farinango (Otavalo, Ecuador) |
| 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Break | |
| 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm | Centrando, Descentando, y Re-centrando Nuestro Trabajo: Perspectivas sobre la Ciudadanía Global Please note: This session will be in Spanish, without translation. Colleagues from UNAI, UNESCO and the Universidad Ana G. Méndez (Puerto Rico) will converse around this theme of centering/decentering, drawing from their research and professional experiences. | Sandra Guzmán Figueroa, Professor/Research, Universidad Ana G. Méndez Omar Hernández, Public Information Officer, United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) Romina Kasman, Education Specialist, UNESCO Angel M Ginorio Martínez, Professor, Universidad Ana G. Méndez Moderated by Lina Rodríguez |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Break | |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Longing to Belong In this final session, panelists from Hawaii will engage in a talk-story around themes of intense longing and the desire to belong as experienced in Hawaii, touching on such topics as identities, Micronesians and native Hawaiians, race and history. They will raise questions around how to educate toward belonging. | Jonathon Osorio, Dean, School of Hawaiian Knowledge, University of Hawaii Yann Lussiez, Lower School Director, Kamehameha School, Maui Mary Hattori, Interim Director, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center Facilitated by James Perez Viernes, Regional Engagement and Development Officer of the Pacific Islands Development Program, East West Center |
| 4:30 pm | Close |