The Conference Theme:
Imperialism and globalization have made migration (both voluntary and involuntary) a modern way of life that poses both old and new challenges for educating women in postmodernity. Both literally and figuratively women of diverse origins have been crossing borderlands on maps of the world’s tribal territories and nations, and of our educational and cultural institutions as well, confronting new problems and creating new possibilities. We all have been challenged to learn anew, to inquire, to transform our cultures and ourselves—to educate again. This conference will focus on learning imaginatively and collaboratively in diverse settings, within and beyond the limits of formal curricula.As researchers, activists, scholars, artists, writers, healers, and community leaders, conference presenters will focus on both past and current contexts within which women and girls experience and practice education.
Imperialism and globalization have made migration (both voluntary and involuntary) a modern way of life that poses both old and new challenges for educating women in postmodernity. Both literally and figuratively women of diverse origins have been crossing borderlands on maps of the world’s tribal territories and nations, and of our educational and cultural institutions as well, confronting new problems and creating new possibilities. We all have been challenged to learn anew, to inquire, to transform our cultures and ourselves—to educate again. This conference will focus on learning imaginatively and collaboratively in diverse settings, within and beyond the limits of formal curricula.As researchers, activists, scholars, artists, writers, healers, and community leaders, conference presenters will focus on both past and current contexts within which women and girls experience and practice education.