[CfA] 1st International Conference of the Journal "Scuola Democratica" | "Education and PostDemocracy"

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Leonardo Piromalli

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Feb 13, 2019, 8:47:14 AM2/13/19

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
First international Conference of the Journal “Scuola Democratica”

Education and Post-Democracy

Cagliari (Italy), June 6-8, 2019

The First Conference of the Journal “Scuola Democratica” will be hosted at the University of Cagliari (Italy), June 6 through 8, 2019, by Scuola Democratica, Centro Interuniversitario per la Ricerca Didattica, Il Mulino Editore.

The aim of the Conference is to discuss a trend currently affecting many countries that have been invested by the process of globalization: the advent of what Colin Crouch called «post-democracy» (2004). Nowadays, 14 years later, the problematic condition described by this term has become even more urgent and complex. Forms of authoritarian democracy have burst and spread on the international scene, translated and mobilized by increasingly successful neo-populist and sovereignist political movements. These two regressive forms of post-democracy – one nourished by neo-liberalism, the other by populism – configure historical challenges for the world of education and culture: it is on this ground, and not only on the political and economic level, that decisive matches are in fact being played. These challenges are both tangible and intangible, and call into question the modern ideas of justice and democracy. To deal with them, practitioners and education scholars within schools, universities and training will have to engage in new cultural efforts. These challenges pass through four important dimensions of the educational systems, all of which appear to be crossed by antinomies and uncertainties: the ethical-political socialization, the differences, the inclusion, the innovation.

The First International Conference of «Scuola Democratica» is therefore named Education and Post-Democracy, and its goal will be to investigate these processes. Organizers, promoters and partners of the Conference wish to invite educators, teachers, researchers, scholars, academics, scientists, professionals, experts and policy makers to join the conversation and bring the disciplines towards a more integrated set of alliances by:

promoting a trans and inter disciplinary discussion on urgent topics;
fostering debates among experts and professionals;
diffusing research findings all over international scientific networks and practitioners’ mainstreams;
launching further strategies and networking alliances on local, national and international scale;
providing a new space for debate and evidences to educational policies.

Keynote speakers: Colin Crouch, Alessandro Cavalli, François Dubet, Dirk Lange, Annette Lareau, Loredana Sciolla.

Submission: abstracts must be written in English and must not exceed 500 words. They should be submitted by February 28, 2019 (check Dates and Deadlines). Track Convenor(s) are responsible for reviewing, accepting/rejecting and organising submissions into their track.