Dr. Antti Rajala - University of Eastern Finland and Dr. Moises Esteban Guitart - University of Girona: Employing Utopian Methodologies in Research and Practice

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Humans of Learning Sciences

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Humans of Learning Sciences aims to amplify the diverse perspectives of scholars in the Learning Sciences. Rather than focusing on interviewee's research agendas or scholarly accomplishments, Humans will foreground what's typically unspoken: Why we do what we do, what inspires and challenges us, and what we have learned about ourselves and others by studying and supporting learning across settings. Humans of LS is co-produced by Dr. Mon-Lin Monica Ko and Andrew Gregory Krzak, with generous support from the Learning Sciences Research Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Dr. Antti Rajala - University of Eastern Finland and Dr. Moises Esteban Guitart - University of Girona: Employing Utopian Methodologies in Research and Practice

Humans of Learning Sciences

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2 years ago

Dr. Antti Rajala - University of Eastern Finland and Dr. Moises Esteban Guitart - University of Girona: Employing Utopian Methodologies in Research and Practice

When you hear the word Utopia - what comes to mind? The images that it conjures up for you may seem unimaginable in the context of ecological crises, multiple wars, political strife, and the pandemic that characterizes our world.

Today, I get to talk with two scholars who are working to help us understand this idea of utopian methodologies – a research approach that can help us envision, implement, sustain, and critically evaluate educational activity systems – an approach that can help us take concrete, actionable steps that can guide us toward a more just future in our work as learning scientists.

My guests today are Drs. Antti Rajala and Moises Esteban Guitart. Antti is a Senior Researcher at the School of Educational Sciences and Psychology at the University of Eastern Finland. Moises is a Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Institute of Educational Research of the University of Girona.

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Works Discussed:

Esteban-Guitart, M., Iglesias, E., Serra, J. M., & Subero, D. (2023). Community Funds of Knowledge and Identity: A Mesogenetic Approach to Education. Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 54(3), 307–317. https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.12451

Esteban-Guitart, M. & Moll. (2014). Funds of Identity: A new concept based on the Funds of Knowledge approach. Culture & Psychology, 20, 31–48. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354067X13515934

Rajala, A., Cole, M., & Esteban-Guitart, M. (2023). Utopian methodology: Researching educational interventions over multiple timescales. Journal of the Learning Sciences.

Rajala, A., Jornet, J., & Accioly, I. (2023). Utopian methodologies to address the social and ecological crises through educational research. In C. Damsa, A. Rajala, G. Ritella, & Brower, J. (Eds.), Re-theorizing learning and research methods in learning research, New Perspectives on Learning and Instruction, London: Routledge.