{"product_id":"why-culturally-sustaining-pedagogies-matter-for-our-collective-futures-paperback","title":"Why Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies Matter for Our Collective Futures - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDjango Paris\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eH. Samy Alim\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCasey Philip Wong\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat happens in our teaching and learning when we put communities first, when we begin with their concerns and move forward together, in solidarity, to build more just, collective futures together?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis timely book expands our understandings of culturally sustaining pedagogies (CSPs). Written by an international and intergenerational collective of educators, researchers, and community organizers, the book \u003cb\u003eoffers needed future directions in the field of CSP\u003c\/b\u003e. Working in the midst of climate catastrophe, emboldened white supremacy and patriarchy, resurgent fascism and imperialism, and ongoing genocides, authors deepen our understandings of CSPs and consider how to teach for more just futures in classrooms and with communities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book \u003cb\u003ebuilds upon\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ethe landmark title \u003ci\u003eCulturally Sustaining Pedagogies\u003c\/i\u003e by Django Paris and H. Samy Alim \u003c\/b\u003eto present theoretically grounded examples from across the United States, Europe, and Africa of how educators, researchers, and community organizers can center and sustain communities\u003cbr\u003e. It is\u003cb\u003e a powerful example of a global collective working across borders\u003c\/b\u003e to co-theorize and practice education for justice and liberation. Each example offers locally grounded enactments of CSPs and, just as importantly, highlights how working across nation-state borders is increasingly necessary to sustaining our collective futures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Features: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGlobal Perspectives: \u003c\/b\u003e Provides diverse CSP exemplars from both national and international contexts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eActionable Lessons: \u003c\/b\u003e Each chapter contains specific strategies for educators to deepen their collective knowledge and classroom practice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSocial Transformation: \u003c\/b\u003e Details ways to create learning environments that connect students to their communities and to socially transformative futures.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eResearch Models: \u003c\/b\u003e Offers frameworks for building deep, sustaining relationships between researchers, educators, and community organizers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIntergenerational Expertise: \u003c\/b\u003e Features leading scholars engaging in critical conversations across the U.S., Europe, and Africa.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter contributors include: Susi Álvarez Mariño, Drako Amgod, Ofelia Bello, Stefan Benting, Nathan Booysen, Andre Bozack, Julisa Carriel, Anthony Craig, Chelsea Craig, Alayna Eagle Shield, Michael Harram, Tanswell Jansen, Doua Kha, Jazmen Moore, Sciatta Padmore, Alejandra Pérez, Andy Robinson, Julian Sierra, Shaquile Southgate, Cristal Montes, Emile YX?, and Fili Zaragoza.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDjango Paris\u003c\/b\u003e is the inaugural James A. and Cherry A. Banks Chair of Multicultural Education and director of the Banks Center for Educational Justice at the University of Washington on Coast Salish lands. \u003cb\u003eH. Samy Alim\u003c\/b\u003e is Presidential Endowed Chair in the Social Sciences and director of the UCLA Hip Hop Initiative at the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies. \u003cb\u003eCasey Philip Wong\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor of social foundations of education at Georgia State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.99 x 6.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 23, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67972616487219,"sku":"9780807784464","price":80.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OEgwPWiN-49780807784464.webp?v=1794430479","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/why-culturally-sustaining-pedagogies-matter-for-our-collective-futures-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}