February 2011: Upcoming Courses and Workshops

The upcoming courses & workshops start in early to mid February. Due to any unforseen circumstances, some may start a week or two later. For further information on any classes, contact their facilitator.

Workshops

Liberation Pedagogy & Independent Media

• Facilitator: Owen Sheppard (owen@anarchistu.org)

• How can we apply the theories of popular education developed by Tolstoy and Ferrer to independent media training and production? Join us to discuss and sythesize new ideas for struggle from theory and practice.
  
  In this one-day workshop, facilitator Owen Sheppand will share his experiences with young people in the Mathare slums of Nairobi, Kenya. Participaths are invited to share their own experiences in independent media or popular education. We will investigate the educational theories of Tolstoy and Ferrer, and consider how they might be applied to independent media skill-shares today.

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Courses

Beginning Mentat Training

• Starts Friday Feb 4

• Facilitator: Paul (paul@anarchistu.org)

• Learn to flex your mind for the good of all. Mentats are people from Frank Herbert's Dune mythology who have undergone training and developed their cognitive and analytical skills to staggering heights. Inspired by this ideal, Beginning Mentat Training is an idiosyncratic course on rationality, science and math, focusing on techniques that can be used in everyday life. Absolutely no background in technical fields required! Material will be presented in an engaging and practical form, focusing on core skills with broad applicability. Each class will consist of a lecture followed by discussion and practice; later classes will cover material chosen by students.

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Practical Group Dynamics

• Starts: Feb 28, at 7:30pm

• Facilitator: Possum (possum@anarchistu.org)

• A discussion-based class exploring the challenges in creating successful non-hierarchical groups.
  
  Each class member will get a chance to present a project they're working on, which will then be workshopped with the group for new ideas. Following the workshopping session will be a meta-discussion, assessing their presentation, and analyzing the dynamics of the group.
  
  As well as honing effectiveness in groups, this class endeavours to help people with stalled projects get up-and-running again
  
  
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