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preach what we practice activism, academic writing, research, and praxis

Intro to Sesh. 1st Some thoughts on PraxisMick's StoryLee's StoryQ A?Small groups; Your Thoughts StoriesWhole Group; Feedback Discussion. Praxis as synthesis of Writing Research Activism. Praxis. Liberation is a praxis; the action reflection of women men upon their world in order to transform it" (Freire, in Freire

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preach what we practice activism, academic writing, research, and praxis

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    1. Preach what we practice? Activism, academic writing, research, and praxis? Mexico (2003) Freedom through Football http://video-2.leedsmet.ac.uk/Asx/?mswmext=.asx&id=3185%7C4r%7CSBdxPFeY* Standing Room Only (1991) Ace of Clubs. BBC2 Television http://video-2.leedsmet.ac.uk/Asx/?mswmext=.asx&id=3187%7C4t%7CUYIKjDBI*

    3. Praxis as synthesis ofWriting + Research + Activism

    4. Praxis Liberation is a praxis; the action + reflection of women + men upon their world in order to transform it (Freire, in Freire & Macedo, 1998, p73) Neither Action-less thought (Rhetoric not reality) Nor Thoughtless action(Doing at the expense of thinking) Synthesis of theory + practice Thoughtful Action! (Ledwith 2005)

    6. Praxis; a polemical rationale for emancipatory action research? Immersed activist-researcher activity forged through praxis, and impact, as important as understanding longitudinal, emergent + flexible privileged access; reach + depth lived experience of organic intellectuals (Ledwith 2005) auto-ethnography rooted in cultural context with authentic understanding subjective? More typically traditional research majority instrumentally driven; opportunity, funding + publication bounded by methodological time and frame limited depth of insight anodyne engagements often claim great knowledge thru academic status collated by remote contextual tourists careerist bourgeois scholarship briefly meets the natives objective?

    7. Micks Story + 3 Networks

    8. Micks Praxis Sport (Football) promoted as a Site of Political, Economic, Social, + Cultural Struggle, + Resistance Life outside Republica as academic Interest in Republica is not just academic Interest in academia from history as activist Ideas about sport and social action forged in context imported into academia. Activity mostly kept at arms length from academic intrusion

    9. Q+A? Small Group discussion; What does praxis mean to you? What is your praxis, or what could it be? How does praxis relate to your writing + research?

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