17th May 2022 – Health Inequalities in Communities: What is the Role of Community Adult Education?
This was the first event in 2022 following the theme:
Dialogues for Democracy: Cultures and Ecologies in Crisis
This second series of events sought to develop and broaden our focus to examine and counter the current crises and hollowing out of representative and participatory democracy.
This event is split into four videos, which can be found below.
Welcome and Background to The Centenary Commission Research Circles
In this introductory presentation, Iain Jones provides a background context to the Research Circle events (2020-2022). These were borne out of the Centenary Commissions report on adult education and a recommendation for fostering community, democracy and dialogue.
Build Back Fairer
Keynote presentation from Professor Sir Michael G. Marmot, FRCP, Director of the University College London, Institute of Health Equity. This keynote was chaired by Professor Marjorie Mayo, Emeritus Professor in Community Development at Goldsmiths, University of London.
The role of cultural, community and natural assets in addressing societal and structural health inequalities in the UK
Following a Q&A session that took place after the keynote, Helen Chatterjee’s presentation focused on addressing societal and structural health inequalities within the UK. Helen is a Professor of Biology at University College London Biosciences and UCL Arts and Sciences.
Paulo Freire’s Political-Pedagogical Approach to Education: Questioning Inequalities Through Dialogue
The final presentation from Dr Ana Cruz focused on Freire’s approach to education and questioning inequalities through critical dialogue. Ana is a Professor of Education at St. Louis Community College-Meramec, who won the 2022 Paulo Freire Democratic Project Award of Social Justice and chaired the 3rd International Conference Paulo Freire: The Global Legacy.