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Membership and mobilisation officer, ICAE \u2014 International Council for Adult Education, Candidate to the MA in Political Science, Universit\u00e9 Laval (Qu\u00e9bec)<\/strong><\/p>\n

(<\/strong>English<\/em><\/strong>, Espa\u00f1ol)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe challenges facing the construction of another possible world\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article by Alessio Surian shows the continuing importance of the World Social Forum process and the need for reflection on the skills needed to build another possible world. This intervention in the Virtual Seminar will build on Alessio\u2019s work to show challenges that we face as part of the global civil society and the need to take skills development seriously to change the course of the current global political climate.<\/p>\n

We have to admit that things are not going, globally, in the direction that the vast majority of adult, youth, non-formal and popular educators want. Everywhere, regimes have been answering the last economic crisis that started in 2008 with an offensive against middle class and working people that have resulted in many negative tendencies that goes against our advocacy for human rights, sustainability and social justice.<\/p>\n

It is possible, on what regards our sector, to identify the following disturbing tendencies: the direct or indirect privatisation of resources and public services (Beaudet\u00a02017); the shrinking of the civic space that NGO\u2019s need to organise and act (CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation\u00a02017); and the legitimisation of racism, xenophobia (UNESCO\u00a02017) and patriarchy (as identified and criticised by our friends of Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era).<\/p>\n

All of these tendencies face resistance all over the globe, some of them being more successful than others. What is clear is that if we want to build another possible world, we need to converge as networks, build common identities between diverse movements and propose alternatives that can inspire. In order to achieve this, the five skills clusters suggested by the Global Campaign for Education (2015) that Alessio presented are key: sharing narratives, sharing relational commitment, sharing structure, sharing strategies and sharing actions.<\/p>\n

Now, I would like to propose a reflection on some issues that have to be debated in order to build convergences:<\/p>\n

First, I think that we should get a broader understanding of \u201cthe grassroots\u201d and the \u201cbig institutionalised NGOs\u201d. This framing of these as being intrinsically confronted is problematic and \u201cinstitutionalised\u201d has become more of a pejorative adjective than a useful framework to understand collective action. I would advocate for a nuanced understanding of the equal value of the participation of different kinds of organisations around an ecosystem of social movements and civil society organisations.<\/p>\n

Second, we should deepen our reflections about what the Global North and Global South is. Often, we overlook the \u201cGlobal\u201d adjective of this framing, forgetting marginalised communities that are territorially in Global North countries. Moreover, those who come from the Global South but from privileged backgrounds (as myself) have to acknowledge their privileges and the fact that they cannot speak for the marginalised in our societies.<\/p>\n

Third, we have to think about the new role of leaders in social movements and civil society organisations in this context of social media and networked societies (Castells\u00a02010). Networked society means that vertical hierarchy is not as important as before, so we have to rethink leadership models. I would present as a key aspect of this rethinking that leaders should take care to frame messages and actions in a way that foster convergences.<\/p>\n

Fourth, and at last, interculturality and multilingualism should be at the heart of our actions. In an ideal world, we would be able to communicate in the mother tongue of each activist and organisation. In the real world, the situation is more difficult, but we could start by making available our materials in the main international languages other than English. Languages have associated academic, cultural and organisational traditions with it, and I lived firsthand the marginalisation of Spanish, Portuguese and French-speaking approaches. I am sure that this also happens to speakers of other languages.<\/p>\n

I am sure that the continuing engagement in the World Social Forum and many global, regional and local networked convergences for the right to education will allow us to think, experiment and act. I want to end this text remembering the proposal of Michael Foaleng, participant of the last Virtual Seminar \u201cEducation for Global Citizenship\u201d:<\/p>\n

\u2018This movement-building effort can only be shaped from the critical building blocks of a pedagogy of transformation, lifelong learning and community-based education.\u2019 <\/em>(Foaleng 2015).<\/p>\n

Works cited<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beaudet, Pierre. 2017. \u2018Intercoll Newsletter, February 2017\u2019. http:\/\/intercoll.net\/Bulletin-Intercoll-Fevrier-2017.<\/p>\n

Castells, Manuel. 2010. The Rise of the Network Society<\/em>. 2nd ed., with a new pref. Chichester, West Sussex\u202f; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.<\/p>\n

CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation. 2017. \u2018CIVICUS Monitor – Tracking Conditions for Citizen Action\u2019. https:\/\/monitor.civicus.org\/ (March 5, 2017).<\/p>\n

\u2018Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era\u2019. http:\/\/www.dawnnet.org\/ (March 5, 2017).<\/p>\n

Foaleng, Michael. 2015. \u2018Education for Global Citizenship in a Postcolony: Lessons from Cameroon\u2019. Adult Education and Development<\/em> 82. https:\/\/www.dvv-international.de\/en\/adult-education-and-development\/editions\/aed-822015-global-citizenship-education\/articles\/education-for-global-citizenship-in-a-postcolony-lessons-from-cameroon\/ (February 19, 2016).<\/p>\n

UNESCO. 2017. \u2018Xenophobia\u2019. http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/new\/en\/social-and-human-sciences\/themes\/international-migration\/glossary\/xenophobia\/ (March 5, 2017).<\/p>\n

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Comentario de Sebasti\u00e1n Vielmas <\/strong><\/p>\n

Agente responsable de membres\u00eda y movilizaci\u00f3n, ICAE \u2014 Consejo Internacional de Educaci\u00f3n de Adultos, Candidato a la Maestr\u00eda en Ciencia Pol\u00edtica, Universit\u00e9 Laval (Qu\u00e9bec)<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Los desaf\u00edos para la construcci\u00f3n de otro mundo posible”<\/strong><\/p>\n

El art\u00edculo de Alessio Surian muestra la continua importancia del proceso del Foro Social Mundial y la necesidad de reflexionar acerca de las habilidades necesarias para construir otro mundo posible. Esta intervenci\u00f3n en el Virtual Seminar <\/em>va a formularse en complemento al art\u00edculo de Alessio para mostrar desaf\u00edos que confrontamos como parte de la sociedad civil global y la necesidad de tomarnos en serio el desarrollo de habilidades para cambiar el rumbo del actual clima pol\u00edtico global.<\/p>\n

Tenemos que admitir que las cosas no est\u00e1n yendo, globalmente, en la direcci\u00f3n que la vasta mayor\u00eda de educadores de adultos, de j\u00f3venes, no formales y populares quisieran. En todos lados, reg\u00edmenes han estado respondiendo a la \u00faltima crisis econ\u00f3mica que comenz\u00f3 en 2008 con una ofensiva contra clase media y las clases trabajadoras que ha resultado en diversas tendencias negativas que van en el sentido contrario de nuestro trabajo por los derechos humanos, la sustentabilidad y la justicia social.<\/p>\n

Es posible, en lo que se refiere a nuestro sector, identificar las siguientes tendencias peligrosas: la privatizaci\u00f3n directa o indirecta de recursos naturales y servicios p\u00fablicos (Beaudet 2017); la obstrucci\u00f3n y cierre del espacio c\u00edvico que las ONG necesitan para organizarse y actuar (CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation 2017); y la legitimizaci\u00f3n del racismo, la xenofobia (UNESCO 2017) y el patriarcado (como identifican y critican nuestras amigas de Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era, DAWN).<\/p>\n

Todas estas tendencias enfrentan resistencias alrededor de todo el mundo, algunas siendo m\u00e1s exitosas que otras. Lo que est\u00e1 claro, es que, si queremos construir otro mundo posible, necesitamos converger en redes, construir identidades comunes entre los diferentes movimientos y proponer alternativas inspiradoras. Para lograr todo esto, los cinco agrupamientos de habilidades propuesto por la Campa\u00f1a Mundial por la Educaci\u00f3n (Global Campaign for Education 2015) que Alessio present\u00f3 son claves: compartir narrativas, compartir compromisos relacionales, compartir estructuras, compartir estrategias y compartir acciones.<\/p>\n

Ahora, quisiera proponer una reflexi\u00f3n acerca de algunos temas que deben ser debatidos para construir convergencias:<\/p>\n

Primero, deber\u00edamos tener una comprensi\u00f3n m\u00e1s amplia de lo que es el \u201cgrasroots\u201d u organizaciones de base y las grandes ONG organizadas. El encuadre de estos como intr\u00ednsecamente contradictorios es problem\u00e1tico y \u201cinstitucionalizado\u201d se ha vuelto m\u00e1s bien un adjetivo peyorativo que un concepto \u00fatil para entender la acci\u00f3n colectiva. Propongo pensar una comprensi\u00f3n matizada del valor igualitario de la participaci\u00f3n de los diferentes tipos de organizaciones alrededor de un ecosistema de movimientos sociales y organizaciones de la sociedad civil.<\/p>\n

Segundo, debemos profundizar nuestras reflexiones acerca de lo que es el \u201cNorte global\u201d y el \u201cSur global\u201d. A menudo, se nos olvida el adjetivo \u201cGlobal\u201d de este encuadre, olvidando a comunidades marginalizadas que se encuentran territorialmente en pa\u00edses del Norte global. M\u00e1s a\u00fan, aquellos que vienen del Sur global, pero de contextos privilegiados (como yo) deben reconocer sus privilegios y reconocer que no pueden hablar en lugar de quienes son marginados en nuestras sociedades.<\/p>\n

Tercero, tenemos que pensar acerca de los nuevos roles de los l\u00edderes en las organizaciones de la sociedad civil y los movimientos sociales en el contexto de los medios sociales y las sociedades en red (Castells, 2010). La sociedad en red implica que la jerarqu\u00eda vertical no es tan importante como antes, por lo que debemos repensar los modelos de liderazgo. Dir\u00eda que un aspecto esencial de este repensar debiese ser preocuparse de encuadrar los mensajes y las acciones de una manera que favorezcan las convergencias.<\/p>\n

Cuarto, y, por \u00faltimo, la interculturalidad y el multiling\u00fcismo debiesen estar en el coraz\u00f3n de nuestras acciones. En un mundo ideal, ser\u00edamos capaces de comunicarnos en la lengua materna de cada activista y organizaci\u00f3n. En el mundo real, la situaci\u00f3n es m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil, pero podemos comenzar haciendo disponible nuestros materiales en los principales idiomas internacionales distintos al ingl\u00e9s. Los idiomas tienen asociadas tradiciones organizacionales, acad\u00e9micas y culturales, y he vivido en primera persona la marginalizaci\u00f3n de los enfoques en lengua castellana, portuguesa y francesa. Estoy seguro que esto sucede a quienes hablan otros idiomas.<\/p>\n

Estoy seguro que la participaci\u00f3n continua en el Foro Social Mundial, y otras convergencias y redes a nivel global, regional y local nos permitir\u00e1n pensar, experimentar y actuar. Quiero terminar este texto recordando la propuesta de Michael Foaleng, participante del \u00faltimo Seminario Virtual \u201cEducaci\u00f3n para la ciudadan\u00eda global\u201d:<\/p>\n

\u201cEste esfuerzo de construcci\u00f3n de movimiento solo puede ser dise\u00f1ado desde los bloques de pensamiento cr\u00edtico de la pedagog\u00eda de la transformaci\u00f3n, el aprendizaje a lo largo de toda la vida y la educaci\u00f3n basada en la comunidad\u201d <\/em>(Foaleng, 2015).<\/p>\n

Obras citadas<\/p>\n

Beaudet, Pierre. 2017. \u2018Intercoll Newsletter, February 2017\u2019. http:\/\/intercoll.net\/Bulletin-Intercoll-Fevrier-2017.<\/p>\n

Castells, Manuel. 2010. The Rise of the Network Society<\/em>. 2nd ed., with a new pref. Chichester, West Sussex\u202f; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.<\/p>\n

CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation. 2017. \u2018CIVICUS Monitor – Tracking Conditions for Citizen Action\u2019. https:\/\/monitor.civicus.org\/ (March 5, 2017).<\/p>\n

\u2018Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era\u2019. http:\/\/www.dawnnet.org\/ (March 5, 2017).<\/p>\n

Foaleng, Michael. 2015. \u2018Education for Global Citizenship in a Postcolony: Lessons from Cameroon\u2019. Adult Education and Development<\/em> 82. https:\/\/www.dvv-international.de\/en\/adult-education-and-development\/editions\/aed-822015-global-citizenship-education\/articles\/education-for-global-citizenship-in-a-postcolony-lessons-from-cameroon\/ (February 19, 2016).<\/p>\n

UNESCO. 2017. \u2018Xenophobia\u2019. http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/new\/en\/social-and-human-sciences\/themes\/international-migration\/glossary\/xenophobia\/ (March 5, 2017).<\/p>\n

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Follow the ICAE Virtual Seminar also\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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