Creating Third Spaces of Learning for Post-Capitalism: Lessons from Educators, Artists, and Activists

The authors post-capitalist approach to change focuses on building counterhegemonic spaces in education, viewed through a lens of borderlands or third spaces. These spaces are created in-between lived cultural and social identities and the dominant culture, and are studied in the Global North and South. The book explores how these third spaces conceive of learning, are created, the range of experiences, obstacles, and how they are sustained over time, and how they have built global networks of solidarity. It is suitable for graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses in politics of education, sociology of education, education policy, and the humanities, sociology, political science, and the arts.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 190 pages
Publication date: 23 March 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

In this captivating book, the authors adopt a post-capitalist approach to change, shifting their focus away from the dismantling of existing structures and towards the vibrant building of new alternatives. Through a comprehensive examination of schools and other social organizations in both the Global North and South, the authors unveil and explore some of the most intriguing counterhegemonic spaces in contemporary formal and informal education. These third spaces, as coined by Gloria Anzaldua and Homi Bhabha, emerge as vital crossroads, situated between our lived cultural and social identities (first space) and the dominant culture that seeks to define us (second space). This book aims to delve deeper into the nature of learning within these third spaces, their genesis, the diverse experiences they offer, the challenges they face, their sustainability over time, and the powerful global networks of solidarity they have established. The creation of these global networks of third spaces signifies a significant shift in progressive political strategy, as well as an expansive recognition of what constitutes educational spaces.

This book is an invaluable resource for graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses in politics of education, sociology of education, education policy, as well as the humanities, sociology, political science, and the arts. It offers a rich and nuanced perspective on the evolving landscape of education, providing students with a comprehensive understanding of the transformative power of counterhegemonic spaces and the potential for building a more inclusive and equitable world.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032384290