21st October 2024 | |
6pm - 8pm | |
Edinburgh Futures Institute The University of Edinburgh 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh South EH3 9EF |
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The intersecting, planetary-scale crises we face bring new urgency to the debate about the purpose of education. Climate catastrophe, widening inequalities, conflict, pathogen spillovers, new diseases, failures of governance and technology acceleration all challenge us to ask again what education might be, and what we need it to do.
This first conversation in the series - Crisis - will focus on education through the crises of war, emergency, unrest and exclusion. It brings together a panel of high-profile leaders and campaigners for education in such contexts and will include the opportunity to hear from students who have lived through education in crisis in Pakistan and Gaza. It will also feature the launch of a new commissioned work from the Iranian poet Marjorie Lotfi, based on the words of displaced and excluded women in Scotland.
This event is one three Edinburgh Futures Conversations Events from the University of Edinburgh. These free public events are aimed at promoting global cooperation in addressing the critical challenges facing the world and delivered by the University's Edinburgh Futures Institute.
This event is part of the Edinburgh Futures Institute's free public events series Learning Curves, taking place from October-December 2024
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