Season Final: Episode 6 (Part B): What’s That Word Again? Conscienti…..sation

Jean and QUT student Jane discuss the previous conversation between Peter Westoby and Teddy around critical pedagogy in Community Development. Jane and Jean unpack some of the concepts from Friere’s pedagogy and how these have been linked to community development practices. The role of critical and creative pedagogy and how to practise critical reflection, reflexivity and questioning our assumptions when working with community are explored. They speak to the importance for practitioners to find ways to work with community members to equalise the relationship of power yet to also raise community consciousness about the social, political, economic, historical and spiritual influences that shape communities. Noteworthy is the discussion about the term conscientization and how this term is useful for critical pedagogy, however can be a bit of a mouthful. Critical Conversations for Social Work will return with season 2 soon! Thank you for joining us on this journey.

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K7Li5cXdKZKkFbJ6kYNQgQSYOo0ftgW-60TgTD1CCGQ/edit?usp=sharing

Key References:

Westoby, P. (Producer). (2021-present). Pete's podcast on community development [Audio podcast]. Spotify. Pete's podcast on community development

Freire, P. (2000). Pedagogy of the oppressed (30th anniversary ed.). Continuum.https://envs.ucsc.edu/internships/internship-readings/freire-pedagogy-of-the-oppressed.pdf

False consciousness. Eyerman, R. (1981). False consciousness and ideology in Marxist theory. Acta Sociologica, 24(1-2), 43-56

Keywords: Paulo Freire, conscientization, Critical and creative pedagogy, working with community, relationships of power, reflexivity, collective themes, Social myths, dialogical processes, strengths and resources.

Music By Boe Toweh