Event Annoucement: Revisiting "A Manifesto for Education": the Point of Education in Times of Unrest
In 2010, Gert Biesta and Carl Anders Säfström, started a conversation about education in the MDU-cafeteria. This conversation would lead to the publication of "A Manifesto for Education" in Policy Futures in Education the following year. It was a critical and creative text that encouraged the reader to think "educationally about education". Translated into several languages it is continuously cited in diverse publications and remains relevant for both academics and practitioners.
To celebrate this moment, the authors will revisit the Manifesto together with educational scholars and artists who will respond to it in various ways, through texts, poems, music,and other forms of expression. The idea is to let the range of responses enrich a common understanding of the Manifesto and its implications. Following the responses there will be a conversation where we invite the audience to engage in a conversation about the future possibilities for public education.
Hosts: Carl Anders Säfström, Gert Biesta, and Johannes Rytzler
Participants: Sharon Todd, Gunnlaugur Magnússon, Joe Oyler, Lovisa Bergdahl, Mats Boussard, Erik Hjulström, Marie Hållander, Marianne O'Shea, Erica Hagström, Niclas Månsson, Ciarán Ó Gallchóir, Angela Rickard, Silvia Edling, Elisabet Langmann, and Glenn Loughran
The event will be taking place at Mälardalen University, Campus Eskilstuna, A1-068. 2025/05/07 09.00-17.00
You can read the manifesto here (Open Access)
