Too many evenings. Learning Democracy from a Participatory Budget Process
In this article, I reflect on experiences linking adult education to citizenship and participation. I consider citizenship to be connected to social justice and social inclusion. I suggest that a key element in citizenship is participating in public issues which concern life in communities in order...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2019-10-01
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| Series: | AS: Andragoška Spoznanja |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uni-lj.si/AndragoskaSpoznanja/article/view/8674 |
| Summary: | In this article, I reflect on experiences linking adult education to citizenship and participation. I consider citizenship to be connected to social justice and social inclusion. I suggest that a key element in citizenship is participating in public issues which concern life in communities in order to build an egalitarian relationship among people. In this article, I connect participation to a singular experience: the Participatory Budget Experiment in the city of Seville from 2003 to 2007. I explore specific experiences within adult education through participatory research and the elaboration of teaching materials addressed to this end. Finally, I reflect on the consequences of these experiences for an emancipatory adult education that aims to teach and learn democracy.
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| ISSN: | 1318-5160 2350-4188 |