The Peoples' Institute for Re-thinking Education and Development

Bartleby, The Scrivener

A Wall Street lawyer hires a new clerk who, after an initial bout of hard work, refuses to make copies or do any other task required of him, refusing with the words "I would prefer not to."

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TEDx-itis

Some symptoms of TEDxitis -- the disease of watching too many TED talks.

#BLM Musings

The entire modern education system has been a colonizing exercise.

The Ecoversities Film Festival v1.0

Download the Ecoversities Film Festival and learn how to host it in your community.

From a Pedagogy for Liberation to Liberation from Pedagogy

Given the well-established image of Paulo Freire as a progressive, radical even revolutionary, it may seem preposterous, outrageous, even ridiculous to present him as a conservative thinker and practitioner.

Ecoversities Gathering in Portugal

Stories from our first Ecoversities Gathering in August 2015 in Tamera, Portugal.

Seeing Like a State

James Scott builds a persuasive case against "development theory" and imperialistic state planning that disregards the values, desires, and objections of its subjects.