Pedagogic Possibilities of Cosmopolitanism, a lecture by Dr. Fazal Abbas Rizvi

October 4, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Mānoa Campus, Architecture Auditorium (ARCH 205)

The 2016 Carl and Alice Daeufer Education Lecture Series presents this talk by Dr. Fazal Rizvi: Pedagogic Possibilities of Cosmopolitanism. Over the past two decades, a number of scholars have pointed to the empirical dimensions of cosmopolitanism. The idea of ‘everyday’ cosmopolitanism has been used to refer to a set of contemporary cultural conditions through which our lives have become globally interconnected and interdependent. An awareness of these conditions has opened up the potential of reflexivity about the ways in which our actions are related to global processes. How might we use such an empirical understanding to develop a set of global ethics, especially in a context in which the glorification of a consumerist cosmopolitan culture and persistent forms of ethno-nationalism exist alongside a recognition of uneven and unequal consequences of globalization and possibilities of a better moral order? In this talk, Dr. Fazal Rizvi will argue that this question has profound implications for thinking about cosmopolitanism and its potential in education – how everyday experiences of cosmopolitan encounters can and should be used as a starting point for educators hoping to help steer the cosmopolitan outlook of their students away from its consumerist orientation and towards morally productive directions.


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Free and open to the public

Event Sponsor
College of Education, Mānoa Campus

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Nezia Azmi, 956 4280, azti@hawaii.edu,

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