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Symposium

Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education

Emancipatory Pedagogy: Praxis for Radical Traditions of Learning and Healing

Saturday, November 16, 2024
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PST
Location: Room 204
CE: 1.5

The Emancipatory Sciences aim to advance knowledge and the realization of dignity, access, equity, healing, and social justice through individual and collective agency and social institutions. Literature suggests this theoretical framework, method, and practice embraces and pursues an impact on research, pedagogy, and systemic change within and beyond academia (Estes, DiCarlo, and Yeh, 2023; Reyes, Versey, and Yeh, 2022). This symposium aims to discuss emancipatory science and critical gerontology through intergenerational, intersectional, and healing oriented frameworks. We address the central questions: who participates and collaborates in such an endeavor and what methodologies and pedagogical approaches strengthen collective participation and democratize access to knowledge across generations. The presenters in this symposium discuss this central question through various facets, including 1) the use of Crone pedagogies to embrace our embodied histories and teach about life course perspectives grounded in standpoint theories of positionality in the classroom 2) UCSF’s Emancipatory Sciences Lab as praxis that creates collaborative spaces for co-learning 3) tangible findings from a digital storytelling project and 4) methodological considerations in participatory action research such as co-design, co-learning, and strengths-based language and design.

Learning Objectives:

  • After attending this symposium, participants will be able to articulate the importance of implementing critical gerontology courses and training in higher education settings.
  • Participants will be able to describe how gerontology and critical pedagogies in higher education can bolster gerontological research and scholars entering the field after attending this symposium.
  • After attending this session, participants will know several research methodologies that reflect the ethics and mission of emancipatory gerontology.

Presentations:

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PST
    Crone Pedagogies and the Emancipatory Potential of Historical Memory

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Nicholas DiCarlo, LCSW (they/them/theirs) – Hunter College / UCSF Emancipatory Sciences Lab / Mountain School of Psychoanalysis

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PST
    Participatory Action Research in Gerontology: Conceptualization, Conduct, and Dissemination

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Jason Flatt, PhD, MPH (they/them/theirs) – University of Nevada Las Vegas

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PST
    UCSF's Emancipatory Sciences Lab as Praxis: Toward Theory and Action

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Brittney Pond, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of California San Francisco

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PST
    Co-Creating Educational Materials With Older Adults and Influencing Health Care Decision-Makers

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Wendy Hulko, PhD, MSW, BAHon (she/her/hers) – Thompson Rivers University