Education, Justice and Memory Network

18/11/2024

NEW BLOG from EdJAM Network colleagues Palabreras & Callejeras (in Colombia). This blog shares updates on their collborative work in Latin America for their phase 2 Graphics to Decolonise project. 👇

The main focus of this project was to create bridges between existing EdJAM projects, in order to explore different forms in which memory and territorial identity are addressed in Mexico and Colombia, from a decolonial perspective.

18/11/2024

NUEVO BLOG de los compañeros de la Red EdJAM Palabreras & Callejeras (en Colombia). Este blog comparte actualizaciones sobre su trabajo colaborativo en América Latina para su proyecto de fase 2 Graphics to Decolonise. 👇

​​Uno de los proyectos principales ​fue crear puentes entre proyectos existentes de Edjam, para explorar distintas formas en que la memoria y la identidad territorial se abordan en México y Colombia, desde una perspectiva decolonial.

03/10/2024

Last week EdJAM was in Lahore, Pakistan.

EdJAM Pakistan Writing Retreat was hosted by Lahore University of Managment Sciences (LUMs) and EdJAM Co-I's Dr Tania Saeed and Dr Sameen Mohsin Ali. More updates to follow over the next couple of weeks.

03/09/2024

Discover the traditions of Quechua communities in Cusco through the eyes of students from the Mosqoy Youth Program. This short documentary shows how art strengthens cultural identity and pride in indigenous communities. The young people share their experiences, revealing the deep connection between art and their ancestral roots.

https://edjam.network/mosqoy-documentary-film-traditions-of-quechua-communities-in-cusco/

03/09/2024

Descubre las tradiciones de las comunidades Quechua del Cusco, a través de los ojos de los estudiantes del Programa de Jóvenes de Mosqoy. Este breve documental muestra cómo el arte fortalece la identidad cultural y el orgullo de las comunidades indígenas. Los jóvenes comparten sus experiencias, revelando la profunda conexión entre el arte y sus raíces ancestrales.

https://edjam.network/mosqoy-minidocumental-tradiciones-de-las-comunidades-quechua-del-cusco/?lang=es

05/08/2024

📢NEW BLOG: In this blog, EdJAM Co-I, Prof. Catriona Pennell - University of Exeter Cornwall shares her experiences while visiting our network colleagues at the Accompong Maroon Youth Culture Group - in Cockpit Country

School of Education, University of Bristol

I’m not a religious person but there was something profoundly spiritual as I sat near the Kindah Tree on the outskirts of Accompong, a historical Maroon village in St Elizabeth parish in the sparsely populated Cockpit Country of Jamaica. The vista from this perch is breathtaking; green rainforest ...

01/08/2024

In July, EdJAM were excited to welcome Fatima and Rameen for a UK visit to premier their docuseries: The Looking Glass. Screenings were arranged at , School of Education, University of Bristol, then
at University of Birmingham with Sameen, and another in London.

The image belwo was shared by EdJAM PI - Kate Moles, from their stop over in Cardiff (and Barry Island).

Explore their EdJAM project - 'Embracing Social Identies' and their Multimodal Curricular Tookit resources (which includes the docuseries) on our website: https://edjam.network/project/embracing-social-identities/

21/06/2024

📢NEW BLOG: The Question of Ethical Review: Between bureaucracy and innovation.

EdJAM colleagues based in Jordan briefly describe the context of Jordan and their reflections on the question of ethical review in conducting research. Learn more 👇

“Raising Awareness About the Challenging Past in the Middle East” is grounded in the past and ongoing forms of violence experienced by the vast majority of Jordan’s population. In what follows, we briefly describe the background context of Jordan, how the project intervenes, and our reflection...