Freire, communications and tolerance in India
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v15i3p203-222Keywords:
Freire, Popular theatre, Digital divide, Tagore, GandhiAbstract
This article explores Freire’s continuing relevance to education and cultural action in India. It engages with the specificities of Freire’s contributions reviewing the work of two key Indian pedagogists, Tagore and Gandhi. It deals with Freirean thought in the specific context of Indian politics characterised by hypernationalism. Drawing from the author’s experiences with the praxis of popular theatre, the article deals with challenges posed by critical education in contemporary India, during a pandemic that has highlighted the lack of access to education and the digital divide. It reinforces the need of understanding context and of an enlightened approach to an education that fosters tolerance as a counter to hypernationalism.
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