Can public schools feed themselves? That deceptively simple
question is like a fingernail picking at a fray in the fabric of
21st century public education. Fallow Lands of Plenty chronicles
one high school's attempt to feed itself and, in doing so, unravels
the fabric of neoliberal education, exposes its logics of
dependence and control, and begins to weave a new tapestry of
education for community cooperation and resilience. Set during the
ongoing transition between post-industrial globalization and the
community structures that are to come, this rich narrative moves
from furrows of Appalachian red clay soil, to the mountaintop
homesteads of elder seed savers, to the conveyor belts of
sterilized food sorting machines, and, finally, to a school's
cafeteria on the day that 250 portions of student-grown sweet
potatoes were served. Along the way, Fallow Lands centers
knowledges of place as well as the literal and metaphorical seeds
of relocalized food and education systems. Critical and
theoretically informed, the text disobeys the values, purpose and
canon of public education and proposes a fledgling pedagogy to
address the challenges of the coming age.
General
| Imprint: |
Information Age Publishing
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Transforming Education for the Future |
| Release date: |
May 2023 |
| Authors: |
Eric Klein
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
206 |
| ISBN-13: |
979-88-87302-92-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
XL5-UNW-JGU-2 |
| Barcode: |
9798887302928 |
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