Activating Cultural and Social Change The Pedagogies of Human Rights

As the litany of human rights abuses continues to grow every day, many politicians and journalists around the world, even key thinkers, have pronounced the "end of human rights." Yet clearly what we need at this frightening juncture is new, cutting edge, and deeply reflective human rights education. "There is nothing innocent about doing human rights education," this important book proclaims, and with this, and through remembering Paulo Freire, it activates an honest, incisive, and compassionate inquiry on how to practice human rights education more truthfully. Encountering the exemplars drawn from a wide range of contexts and perspectives in the global North and global South, readers of this book will be enthralled, activists will be energized, and educators more alert and hopeful.

John Nguyet Erni, Fung Hon Chu Endowed Chair of Humanics, Hong Kong Baptist University, and author of Law and Cultural Studies: A Critical Rearticulation of Human Rights

Commemorating the birth of Paulo Freire a century ago, Activating Cultural and Social Change embodies the spirit of Freire. Understanding that power vis-á-vis multiple critical theoretical lenses must be named and interrogated, this book gathers diverse voices to query and unravel socially-just activism, pedagogy and community in order to solidify a way of being that internalizes human rights. Enacting Freire's commitment to radical love, the authors work together to revolutionize cultures, societies and ways of knowing which connect, emancipate and honor all beings.

Shirley R Steinberg, Research Professor, Traditional Territories of the Treaty 7 Region and Métis Nation of Alberta, Werklund School of Education, The University of Calgary, Canada