If the Free Universities can be maintained outside the institutionalized ‘marketplace of ideas,’ they will soon be able to produce more thoughtful and creative people than are produced in traditional educational programs.
-Dr. Vine Deloria Jr. We Talk, You Listen
Liberation Spring LLC is inspired by some of the these approaches to teaching & learning:
Lecture
Film
Schooling the World: The White Man’s Last Burden
Essay/Article
Land as Pedagogy Nishnaabeg intelligence and rebellious transformation Dr Leanne Simpson
A Thousand Rivers: What the Modern World Has Forgotten about Children and Learning
Decolonization, Indigeneity, Education, Society special issue on Indigenous Land-Based Education
Schools
Bija Vidyapeeth (Earth University)
Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning
Tobago Centre for the Study & Practice of Indigenous Spirituality
artwork by Just Seeds
My favorite part of LS has been the growing sense of empowerment and awakening I feel as a result of working through resources in a non-hierarchical community of fellow thirsty travelers who share a longing for imagining and creating realities that are juicy. No matter how “crazy” I have felt for most of my life, … Continue reading Grace D.
This class held space for me where I would not have thought to do so, for myself. After reflecting on the lessons, I’ve learned more than I thought I did. New relationships, sisterhood, and people who come to me to hold space have helped me realize that. I am more clear about my boundaries and … Continue reading Anonymous
Liberation Spring has been an invaluable experience for me. Anjali’s engaging pedagogy and the radical material she covers has challenged me to deeply reflect and critically question the ways in which I have been conditioned to move through the world. I have come away from my first season of Liberation Spring with a heightened sense … Continue reading Somaya A.
Colonization’s ancient, insidious agenda is NO MATCH for the Cosmic Oasis that is Liberation Spring. Sacred space for the radical healing of amnesia and imagination, Liberation Spring study is guaranteed to rock to you to the core. Should you accept the challenge, get ready to see the complexities of the matrix and come face-to-face with … Continue reading T.K.
One of our Liberations Spring cohort recently spoke during a sesh of creating a brave space. In our collective, we do just that: work in solidarity to create a brave space, at once interrogating, transgressing, and transcending dominant learning paradigms, putting theory into practice, and turning conventional academic practice on its head—all in third-space style. … Continue reading Kris G.
