Global Education Colloquium Brazil by Barbara Blank https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y Occupying land, occupying schools: How the landless workers movement transformed Brazilian education en-us 2023-08-05 06:35:15 UTC 2023-08-06 17:56:56 UTC hello@padlet.com Objective bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656394123 Examine the relationship between state and social movement at the federal, state and municipal level]]> 2023-08-05 06:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656394123 Qualitative Method: Ethnographic approach bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656394932 -20 months in Brazil (2010-2015)
-Researcher lived in the home of MST educational activists
-Multi-sited political ethnography of school districts
-5 different school systems
-Selection of participants (school districts) for realistic representation of degree of education system transformation
-Observations of activists' daily activities
-Interviews of 100 MST activists & 100 state officials
-Comprehensive and extensive research]]> 2023-08-05 06:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656394932 Positionality bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656395106 -Scientist from Global North
- Female
- White
- Strong background of social activism
- Bilingual in Portuguese]]> 2023-08-05 06:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656395106 World Bank bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656396109 -HCl: 0.6
-GDP: 1.92 (annual growth 2.9%)
-Adult literacy rate: 94%
- Government expenditure on education: 16%]]> 2023-08-05 06:59:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656396109 OECD: PISA Scores bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656396199 -Math 388
-Reading 400
-Science 403]]> 2023-08-05 07:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656396199 Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (MST) bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656396690 - One of the largest social movements in Latin America
- Started due to unequal land distribution during dictatorship
- Groups of landless farmers inspired by liberation theology
- Occupied land estates to pressure government to redistribute
- Expanded to include 1.5 million individuals
- Continues to occupy unproductive land estates]]> 2023-08-05 07:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656396690 Timeline of Significant Events bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656397499 - 1990s, period of Neoliberalism in Latin America
- April 17, 1996, Massacre of Eldorado dos Carajas (Brazilian military opens fire and kills 16 activists)
- April 1998, National Program for Education in Area of Agrarian Reform began]]> 2023-08-05 07:06:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656397499 Stakeholder Matrix bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656419455 2023-08-05 08:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656419455 Brazil - OECD data. OECD. (n.d.). https://data.oecd.org/brazil.htm bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656419575 2023-08-05 08:38:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656419575 Brazil. The World Bank. (n.d.). https://data.worldbank.org/country/BR bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656419596 2023-08-05 08:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656419596 Drexel VCaP. (2020, February 19). Global education colloquium [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFDX7gjo9jY&feature=emb_logo bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656421174 2023-08-05 08:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656421174 Expansion of Adult Education bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656422338 - Literacy Programming
- Secondary Education programming
- Access to higher education programming]]> 2023-08-05 08:52:53 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656422338 Specific Higher Education Programming bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656423131 - Allow activists to seek diversified higher education degrees
- Programming structured to allow students to continue their local community engagement/activism (Alternation)
- Development of integrated activist & higher education institution network]]> 2023-08-05 08:55:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656423131 Labor Diversification bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656423420 - Expansion and diversification of the workforce in rural Brazil (educators, lawyers, etc.)
- Increased capacity of MST]]> 2023-08-05 08:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656423420 Position Strengthening bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656424181 - Impact of rural/ agrarian voice strengthened within government levels
- expansion of literacy and access to education throughout total rural population
-leadership within global social activism (model case study)]]> 2023-08-05 09:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656424181 Expansion of Youth Education bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656424957 - Development and expansion of school systems
- Expansion of literacy programming
- Increased access to context specific education
- Financial support for rural/agrarian schools
- Educators within schools specifically trained to support agrarian communities]]> 2023-08-05 09:06:03 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656424957 Highly Applicable within other country contexts bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656426158

]]> 2023-08-05 09:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656426158 Undermining of Institutional Gains bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656429728 -Government challenges to PRONERA
-Federal Court of Audits filed injunction limiting the ability for PRONERA to actually run higher ed programming]]> 2023-08-05 09:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656429728 Rural to Urban Loss bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656429974 - Movement of younger generation from rural areas into cities
- Loss of activists who have been educated through PRONERA
- Brain drain from rural areas of Brazil]]> 2023-08-05 09:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656429974 Continual Renegotiation bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656430237 -MTS and University partners continually working through conflicts regarding programming
-MTS and Federal government working through conflict regarding funding and political positionality of social movement]]> 2023-08-05 09:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656430237 Applicability in the US bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656508208 - Teacher unions within the US
- BLM movement and CRT within schools
- Chicanx Studies in Arizona

]]> 2023-08-05 16:05:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656508208 Applicability in other Countries bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656512575 - Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee in India (Agrarian community group resisting SEZ set up in West Bengal)
- Nagaland India, access and integration of indigenous education in schooling
- Narmada Bachao Andolan in India (social movement against multiple dam projects)
- La Via Campesina ( International Farmers Organization)
- Fanmi Lavalas in Haiti
- Abahlali baseMjondolo in South Africa ( socialist shack dwellers movement campaigning for land, housing and dignity)]]> 2023-08-05 16:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656512575 Social Movement impact bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656622051 -Use of education by social movements to substantiate positionality within larger political and social context.
- Case study of how education can be used to foster and grow a social movement and expand members access to various levels of government

]]> 2023-08-06 05:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656622051 MST playbook bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656622339 - expanded influence and power through co-governance, direct protest, and co-opting government processes

"Contentious-Co-Governance: When social movements engage in the provision of public services with state actors, while simultaneously organizing contentious political actions and promoting practices that come into conflict with institutional norms and the interests of the state itself." (Drexel VCaP, 2020)]]> 2023-08-06 05:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656622339 Learning bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656623373 -Demonstrates that gains and losses to desired outcomes occur regularly
- Dynamic co-governance between the state, a social movement, and higher education institutions can lead to advancements and expansion of education systems to better support diverse underserved communities
- Effectiveness of outcomes is directly related to continual direct conflict and dialogue among all parties]]> 2023-08-06 05:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656623373 Questions bblank3_2 https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656623540 - How do social movements use public education to obtain desired outcomes for their community?
- How does co-governance work in practice?
- Who has sovereignty?
- Who controls the curriculum?]]> 2023-08-06 05:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bblank3_2/3n77rm60elzoo57y/wish/2656623540