{"product_id":"alternative-pedagogical-spaces-anna-colin-9781915609670","title":"Alternative Pedagogical Spaces: From Utopia to Institutionalization","description":"\u003cb\u003eA critical exploration of independent educational organizations and the hurdles in the way of remaining \"alternative\" with the passing of time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrounded in empirical research, \u003ci\u003eAlternative Pedagogical Spaces: From Utopia to Institutionalization\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical inquiry into the establishment, development, and transformation of alternative pedagogical and social spaces. Written by Anna Colin, a former director and co-founder of Open School East, an independent art school and community space founded in London in 2013, this essay-length book explores the instituting factors, organizational life cycles, and alignments and misalignments between values and practices that permeate such a project. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe essay delves into the qualities and prerequisites for what Colin calls \"multi-public educational organizations.\" It also scrutinizes the hurdles associated with the effort to remain alternative, including processes of habituation, temptation or pressure to scale up, ethos-bending fundraising exercises, and long tenure, as well as the plain desire for stability and sustainability. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlternative Pedagogical Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e proposes where to look for a reconceptualization of waiting, slowness, and longevity, and asks how these ideas may benefit cultural practice and the design of future institutions (or the redesign of existing ones). Overriding the common assumption that success equals longevity, the author searches for institutional models that resist chrononormativity, drawing from social movements, psychotherapy, biology, and permaculture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCopublished by Villa Arson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anna Colin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1915609674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915609670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sternberg Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Anna Colin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46526689509631,"sku":"9781915609670","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f4acb24a-93bf-4b98-bb40-b188ff0f1cdc.jpg?v=1737556885","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alternative-pedagogical-spaces-anna-colin-9781915609670","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}