2026 Praxis Dialogues: Ancestry, Childhood, and Decolonial Classrooms

The Paulo Freire Initiative at Columbia University launches an annual series of events titled Praxis Dialogues, proposing engaging and transformative dialogues around practices, projects, programs, and public policies observed in diverse educational settings in the United States, Brazil, and worldwide. Utilizing the Freirean Praxis framework of Action-Reflection-Action, this event builds on the articulation between academic scholarship and practical lessons, recommendations, and knowledge emerging from the contemporary implementation of critical and popular educational frameworks.

An evening of theoretical reflection and practical analysis drawn from the powerful experience of anti-racist education initiatives in Brazil. The focus will be on the guest’s vast academic production and her practical leadership in the field of anti-racist childhood education and the experience of the Escola Afro-brasileira Maria Felipa. 

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Bárbara Carine Pinheiro (Professor at UFBA/UEFS & Founding partner and Pedagogical Consultant at the Escola Afro-Brasileira Maria Felipa)

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Host or Publisher Institute of Latin American Studies