[Lasnetmail] A Rogue Education Conference - 14-16 September

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Institutions, Capitalism and Dissent:
A Rogue Education Conference
14- 16 September 2007

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Institutions, Capitalism, and Dissent
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Campus based political landscapes are shifting. Over the past ten
years, government funding cuts and the incremental
introduction of up front
fees has radically changed the nature of Universities. Thirty years
ago, university education in Australia was free. What has happened to the
vision of an education system accessible to the working class and the
poor in the intervening years? Classrooms are overcrowded. Student
unions, once a hotbed of agitation, have been gutted by Voluntary Student
Unionism and conservative political cultures. Academics and students are
silenced by a nebulous “war on terror”. International students are
simply an unending income stream and not valued contributors to an engaged
society.

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Welcome to A Rogue Education Conference
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>From Friday 14th - Sunday 16th September, a gathering will take place
at Trades Hall in Melbourne where people can critically examine this
profound shift and build networks to resist it. We want to share
stories, build networks, learn, argue, and inspire. We want to create a 
space
that breeds engagement and resistance outside of elite institutions known
as “Universities”.

The conference will be based on three major themes: INSTITUTIONS - what
is the daily experience of students and how have institutions been
radically altered under a right wing political system; CAPITALISM - “all
they taught you at school was how to be a good worker”; and DISSENT -
what can we learn from campus based struggles nationally and
internationally.

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We Need Your Help
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We would like to invite collectives and individuals to collaborate in
the organisation of the gathering, and to contribute to a reader.
Plenaries and workshops will be organised in a way that encourages theory 
and
practice to meet each other.

The organising collective meets at RMIT Student Union on Mondays at
2pm. Campus
based collectives are encouraged to make contact with each
other and with groups outside of ‘education activism’ to begin sharing
ideas for how we might develop ongoing networks for radical struggle. If
you wish to be part of this, wish to contribute to the reader,  or
simply be kept updated, email edconference at rmit.edu.au

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