Critical Edge Alliance
Conference 2019
Boundary Crossings in Culture, Power, and Experience: Re-imagining Higher Education
The annual conference took place at THE NEW SCHOOL in New York on June 6-8, 2019.
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The purpose of the conference was to explore contemporary issues around boundary crossing, as they relate to universities and learning, broadly conceived.
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This conference is dedicated to the memory of our colleague Professor L.H.M. “Lily” Ling, a founding member of the Critical Edge Alliance, who tragically passed away last year. The conference is designed in the spirit of Ling’s Silk Road Research Initiative, a research collective that pursued the re-imagination of world politics.
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As part of that work, students and faculty from The New School (New York, NY) organized in 2013 around a shared vision: to transform the foundation that underpins today’s international system by thinking creatively about world politics.
We encouraged a variety of creative proposals including:
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traditional panels and presentations, but also action learning, organizing workshops, plays and poetry slams, design charrettes, culinary events, and site-specific activities in New York City.
The organizers seeked submissions of original work, experiences, and activities that are relevant to below, broadly conceived themes:
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Learning approaches that cross geographies, content, and practices
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Changing power dynamics around student activism and university governance
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Universities as sites of intergroup contestation around social issues, including migration, free speech, inclusion, and more
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Teaching about cultural connections and disconnects using aesthetics
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Ideation about projects or learning networks among CEA partner universities
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Other enactments around the theme of boundary crossings
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We thank everyone for submitting their proposals and for participating in or reading up about the conference. Don't forget to check out the conference report!
Programme
The annual conference covered a variety of topics related to the theme "Boundary Crossings". They included "Socioeconomic Marginalization as Boundary in The University Setting", "New Directions in Inclusion, Power, and Pedagogy", "Activism: New Narratives and
Forms of Engagement" and many more. Find more information attached.