Blog Posts
Democracy isn’t simply a technical process that involves you learning about its history, principles, rules and institutions. Democracy is a way of governing and a way of relating to each other that is a here-and-now experience.
AECED workshop at Creative Research Methods conference
By Dr Suzanne Culshaw At the end of June, the UK AECED team had the opportunity to lead a workshop at the Creative Research Methods conference at the University of Hertfordshire (UH). The conference had been designed to be an accessible, central point for creative...
Reflections on the ‘Strengthening Democracy Through Education: Conceptual and Practical Perspectives’ conference
Pauliina Jääskeläinen of University of Lapland/Lapin Yliopisto debriefs us on a recent conference hosted by the Democrat project, AECED's 'sister project' under the Horizon Europe scheme. It was a pleasure to attend such a well-organised conference by our sister...
Continuing the movement of embodied exercises on paper
EN/FI The team at University of Lapland/Lapin Yliopisto explore equality with university teachers through movement and drawing. Project researcher Pauliina Jääskeläinen facilitated a series of embodied methods workshop for the university teachers. The aim of the...
Searching for the common thread of embodied methods through creation of a collective collage
EN/FI The team at University of Lapland/Lapin Yliopisto update us on a recent workshop, which invited university teachers to participate in collective collage. Going through a variety of embodied exercises under the theme of responsiveness, the participating...