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‘Neoliberalism, Pedagogy & Human Development’ now published in Japanese: 新自由主義教育からの脱出
The Japanese translation of my book “Neoliberalism, Pedagogy & Human Development” (Routledge) is now available. This is a new edition, which is in process in English & will hopefully be published next year in Europe & the US. 本書の日本語版は、北本遼太、広瀬拓海、仲嶺真 の根気強い継続的な努力なしには実現しなかっただろう. … Continue reading
New Book: Decolonizing Environmental Education [3rd Volume of Book Series (Post-)Critical Global Childhood & Youth Studies]
We are very pleased to introduce Decolonizing Environmental Education for Different Contexts and Nations, the third volume of the book series “(Post-) Critical Global Childhood & Youth Studies”. This volume, which has been edited by Kathryn Riley, Janet McVittie and Marcelo … Continue reading
Digital Futures & Human Development After COVID-19
According to a 2021 study, at least 17 million people will need to altogether change their profession in the US, due to the automation and digitalisation of production and consumption by 2030 (which is a 25% higher estimation than before the COVID-19 pandemic). … Continue reading
Crise écologique : «L’éducation permet de changer le monde» (Collectif d’enseignants/ open letter on the occasion of COP26)
Les jeunes se sont passé le mot : « On est mal barrés ». Selon unerécente étude, 56 % d’entre eux pensent que l’humanité est condamnée. Impossible de leur expliquer qu’ils se trompent. Les études scientifiques leur donnent raison. C’est aussi … Continue reading
Now published as paperback: Global Youth in Digital Trajectories
“This is a fascinating and thought provoking volume on youth engagement with digital technology and one that is genuinely transnational and transdisciplinary in flavour. Studies of gaming, video production and social media show how new technologies are woven into the … Continue reading
José at Escola Porto Alegre
José (pseudonym) is there again, as usual poorly dressed. He looks up for a moment when I enter, then returns to his work. His patience has always been remarkable to me. Now again I observe him standing, his whole body … Continue reading
Exploring Youth in Contemporary Brazil at BERA Annual Conference 2016, Leeds, 15 Sept 9.00-11.00, SS 10.05
As Brazil enters a new phase of socio-economic and political turmoil, Dr. Michalis Kontopodis, will explore four everyday life scenes from contexts of youngsters involved in a variety of social and political movements in contemporary Brazil in an “innovative” storytelling … Continue reading
Invited talk by M. Kontopodis in Oxford: Experiencing developmental crises in critical times
Let me kindly invite the readers of this blog to my talk on June 08, 2016 17:00 – 18:30 in Seminar Room G, School of Education at the University of Oxford on “Experiencing developmental crises in critical times: from realising potential futures … Continue reading
Vygotsky, Neoliberalism & Post-structuralism: Reflecting on Three Reviews of my Book “Neoliberalism, Pedagogy & Human Development” (Routledge, hardcover 2012, paperback 2014)
Printer-friendly version published in Outlines: Critical Practice Studies: http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/outlines/article/view/24209 If one would ask in a conference, whether Vygotsky was a cognitive scientist, an interaction analyst, a psychoanalyst, a constructivist or a critical realist, the discussion may be long with plenty of … Continue reading
CoDesigning Glob@l Childhood & Youth Futures 