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WEAVING A FABRIC OF UNITY Conversations on Education and Development
WEAVING A FABRI C OF UNITY Conversations on Education and Development
“In“In the early the1970s, early as 1970s, the seemingly as the unstoppable seemingly development unstoppable project was at development project was at its peak, its peak, a group a of group young visionaries of young launched visionaries an original approach launched to rural an original approach to rural education, education, groundedgrounded in a commitment in to a commitment place, the environment, to and place, local the environment, and local communities communities in a predominantly in a predominantly Afro-Colombian region Afro-Colombian south of the city region south of the city of Cali, of Cali, Colombia. Colombia. Weaving a Fabric Weaving of Unity isaa Fabric compelling ofchronicle, Unity is a compelling chronicle, by some by some of its protagonists, of its protagonists, of the transformative of the alternative transformative development alternative development imagination–endogenous, imagination–endogenous, holistic, regenerative, holistic, and grounded regenerative, in place, and grounded in place, spirituality, spirituality, and the sacred–forged and the sacred–forged over the span of five decades. over the Withspan its of five decades. With its intergenerational intergenerational perspective, this perspective, engaging book,this at once engaging memoir andbook, at once memoir and epistemic epistemic and practical andreflection, practical is a counter reflection, to the disempowering is a counter to the disempowering sundering sundering apart of young apart people of young from anypeople sense of place from and community, any sense of place and community, pushed pushed to become to digital become nomads digital at the margins nomads of a globalized at the world. margins of a globalized world. It demonstrates It demonstrates why anotherwhy socialanother innovation issocial not onlyinnovation possible but is not only possible but eminently eminently practicable practicable if grounded onifvalues grounded other than on individual values survival, other than individual survival, aggressive aggressive competitiveness, competitiveness, and ruthless market and rules. ruthless A tribute to market the rules. A tribute to the persistence persistence of vision, of in its vision, pages readers in its willpages find an entire readers pedagogy willfor find an entire pedagogy for weaving weaving place, community, place, community, transformation, and transformation, hope.” and hope.” – Arturo Escobar, – Arturo Professor of Escobar, Anthropology Professor Emeritus, of Anthropology Emeritus, University of North Carolina, University Chapelof HillNorth Carolina, Chapel Hill “The “The story of story FUNDAEC of FUNDAEC in Colombia is one in of Colombia the most inspiring is one of the most inspiring educational educational processes processes of the 20th century of the and 20th is vitallycentury important today. and is vitally important today. Every Every studentstudent of development of development economics should read economics this book.” should read this book.” – Nava Ashraf, Professor – of Nava Economics, Ashraf, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics London School of Economics “Weaving “Weaving a Fabrica of Fabric Unity is a of timely Unity and brilliant is a timely gift to those and of us brilliant gift to those of us concerned concerned with education withand education social transformation. and social With transformation. rising With rising recognition recognition that decades that of educational decadesprograms of educational and initiativesprograms aimed and initiatives aimed at fostering at fostering global prosperity globaland prosperity change have fallen andshort change of realizing have fallen short of realizing their their initial initial aspirations, aspirations, many in the field many of education in the are field searching offor education are searching for viable viable and impactful and impactful alternatives. The alternatives. story of FUNDAEC Theisstory an urgent of FUNDAEC is an urgent callcall to reframe to reframe the purposethe of education purpose itself…” of education itself…”
weaving a fabric of unity
– Shabnam Koirala-Azad, – Shabnam Dean of Education, Koirala-Azad, Dean of Education, University of San Francisco University of San Francisco
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Conversations on Education and Development
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Haleh Arbab
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Gustavo Correa
Haleh Bradley Wilson Arbab