"Moving the Rubble": Reflection, Conscientization, and Transformative Learning With Men Incarcerated for Organized Crime in Mexico. (October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Strickland, Rebecca Danielle
• Is Part Of: Journal of transformative education. Volume 20:Number 4(2022)
• Page Start: 379
• Page End: 395
• Publication Date: 2022-10
• Subjects: transformative learning -- conscientization -- emancipation -- prison -- cartels; Transformative learning -- Periodicals; Adult learning -- Periodicals; Adult education -- Periodicals; Adult education -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; Critical pedagogy -- Periodicals; Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Periodicals; Continuing education -- Periodicals; 374.001
• DOI: 10.1177/15413446211051092
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1541-3446

Abstract

While many scholars have examined transformative learning in different prison education programs, the field has only recently reached Latin America. This article presents a participatory action research project which has been operating in a prison for men accused of organized crime in Jalisco, Mexico, since 2018. The analysis is based on testimonies related to personal and collective transformation in a context of multifaceted oppression. It also explores the blurry lines between reflection, conscientization, and transformation, inviting us to consider how transformative education relates to social stigma and freedom.