Community Leadership for Grassroots Democracy, Australia
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Fri Mar 12 09:12:24 CST 2004
From: Lee Malone <Lee.Malone at uts.edu.au>
Community Leadership for Grassroots Democracy
a theme of the
EDUCATION AND SOCIAL ACTION CONFERENCE 2004
In local communities the state of democracy can be fragile. For
example, the capacity of tenants in public housing estates to
actively participate in community renewal and planning
initiatives can be limited. When community workers help tenants
learn to exercise leadership in housing estate management and
community planning they are strengthening grassroots democracy.
Strengthening the capacity of people, particularly those from
poor and vulnerable groups, to participate in decisions about
planning their community's future is at the heart of popular
education.
Perhaps it is less useful to ask who are community leaders and
more useful to ask what does it take to exercise community
leadership. Anyone might exercise leadership - be they long term
unemployed; part-time not well-paid community workers;
offenders; voluntary tenants' advocates or sports coaches. We
seek proposals for papers, workshops and research agendas that
offer analyses:
- of the capacities needed by grassroots groups to exercise
community leadership. - of how community leadership programs are
designed.
We are interested in strategies that work with grassroots
leaders to develop greater understanding of local histories,
economics, challenges and capacities for change. What strategies
effectively support grassroots leaders to undertake their own
research, planning and action?
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
There are three types of proposals.
Research and Evaluation Agenda Setting Proposals
The sessions will be 70-90 minutes and shared by several
presenters who are interested in similar research and evaluation
activities. These conference sessions will provide an
opportunity for groups and agencies to propose the sort of
research and evaluation they think should be undertaken. What do
we mean by research and evaluation? We mean activities that
analyse and gather information about the nature and outcomes of
practice. You may not as yet have undertaken research but will
have developed views about the sort of research and evaluation
that would be useful. Preference will be given to proposals that
have been collaboratively developed and submitted by groups and
agencies. Submit an abstract of 500 to 1,000 words. A
description of your group or agency will also be required and
should not exceed 250 words.
Workshop Proposals
Conference workshops will be 90 minutes. They should involve
more than just presentation and discussion. They should involve
active teaching, problem posing and setting tasks for
participants. Submit an abstract of 500 to 1,000 words with
short narrative resumes of the presenters. The resume of each
presenter is not to exceed 250 words.
Refereed Paper Proposals
Conference papers will be delivered in 50 minute sessions.
Submit an abstract of no more than 1,000 words. Please include
your name, contact details and title of paper on a separate
cover sheet. If your proposal is accepted you will be required
to submit a complete paper of no more than 3,500 words by
October 18th, 2004. The papers will be published in a first
edition on the website of the Centre for Popular Education UTS
by the conference. A second edition may be prepared for print
publication by the middle of 2005.
Proposals are to be received by May 31st, 2004.
Send proposals to:
Centre for Popular Education, UTS
PO Box 123, Broadway NSW 2007, Australia
fax +61-2-9514 3939
cpe at uts.edu.au
THE EDUCATION AND SOCIAL ACTION
CONFERENCE 2004 builds upon the
tradition of previous conferences
THEMES organised by the Centre
for Popular
Education at the University of
Technology, Sydney.
+ Education, Activism and This conference will:
Organising for Robust Democracy: - bring people engaged
in different with Unions, Social Movements and fields of
social action and education Community Development Groups
together
- be a forum where activists,
workers,
+ Schooling and Lifelong Learning policy makers, artists
and scholars for Democracy and Community alike are
encouraged to participate Building
- encourage research and enquiry to
promote practice that helps
people
+ Community Cultural Development strengthen democracy and
Vibrant Democracy - have workshops that are
sufficiently
long to have decent discussions
or
+ Community Action and engage in learning
activities Democracy-Building for Health - have plenty
of music, theatre and
dance; but more importantly there
will
+ Community Leadership for be some opportunities
for Grassroots Democracy collaborative
art-practice.
+ Teaching and Learning about
______________________________ Terrorism as a means of
undermining or underpinning Democracy The
conference is part of the new
SYDNEY FESTIVAL OF POPULAR
EDUCATION
+ Popular Education and a Just 4th to 8th
December 2004 Democracy for Asylum Seekers and Other
festival activities include: Refugees
E-Activism and E-Democracy
Show-and-Tell
+ Families, Learning and the Seeds Community Action
Concerts of Democracy Activist
Short Film Festival
Gathering of Independent Media
+ Democratising the Culture of Activists
Prison and Post-Release Education Place-based Community
Sustainability
Show-and-Tell
______________________________
For further information please liaise with the respective
conference strand co-ordinators:
+ Education, Activism and Organising for
Tony.Brown at uts.edu.au Robust Democracy: with Unions, Social
tel. +61-2-9514 3866 Movements and Community Development
Groups
+ Schooling and Lifelong Learning for
Debra.Hayes at uts.edu.au Democracy and Community Building
tel. +61-2-9514 5274
+ Community Cultural Development and Vibrant
Rick.Flowers at uts.edu.au Democracy
tel. +61-2-9514 3813
+ Community Action and Democracy-Building for
Rick.Flowers at uts.edu.au Health
tel. +61-2-9514 3813
+ Community Leadership for Grassroots
Tony.Brown at uts.edu.au Democracy
tel. +61-2-9514 3866
+ Teaching and Learning about Terrorism as a
Andrew.Chodkiewicz at uts.edu.au means of undermining or
underpinning Democracy
tel. +61-2-9514 3042
+ Popular Education and a Just Democracy for
Andrew.Chodkiewicz at uts.edu.au Asylum Seekers and Refugees
tel. +61-2-9514 3042
+ Families, Learning and the Seeds of
Sue.Knight at uts.edu.au Democracy
tel. +61-2-9514 3907
+ Democratising the Culture of Prison and
Tony.Webb at uts.edu.au Post-Release Education
tel. +61-2-4758 7143
Centre for Popular Education, UTS
www.cpe.uts.edu.au
tel. 02-9514 3843
UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F
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