Development education and research at third level in Ireland - Su-ming Khoo, Carol Healy & Kelly Coate
This article opens up debates about development education (DE) within the third level context in Ireland. It focuses on the research landscape, specifically some impacts and contraditions brought about by the recent expansion of research activity and argues that there is a need for more critical debate on the consequeces of this expansion.
Fairtrade or fifty-fifty: The consequences of shifts in African perceptions of Fairtrade for development educaiton practitioners - Jonathan Penson
The author examines the prized reputation Fairtrade has established among consumers for ethical trading, and finds that there is evidence that problems with Fairtrade institutions are encouraging some African coffee producers to exit the Fairtrade system, and that alternatives to Fairtrade are arising.
Building academic support for development education - Doug Bourn
This article provides context and rationale for the establishment of a Development Education Research Centre at the Institute of Education at the University of London, the main issues it aims to address and why such a Centre is important for all practitioners engaged in development education.
Ruptures in imagination: Horizontalism, autogestion and affective politics in Argentina - Marina Sitrin
This article explores a new social creation in Argentina, sparked by a popular rebellion which began in December, 2001. Different from so many social movements of the past, this rebellion rejected political programs opting instead to create directly democratic spaces; this new social relationship has become commonly known as horizontalidad.
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