Abstract: Dr. Cammarota’s presentation focuses on Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed and how the book proposes a critical pedagogy that structures learning around personal and collective emancipation. His talk also provides two propositions for implementing a critical pedagogy: 1) oppression is a current and persistent reality for many people and 2) the oppressed have the capability to liberate themselves from oppression. These propositions relate to the two goals of locating the causes of oppression and transforming both subjective and objective reality.

Julio Cammarota is an Associate Professor in the UA Department of Mexican American Studies. Dr. Cammarota received his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Education. He has published papers on family, work, and education among Latinos and the relationship between culture and academic achievement. Cammarota has also co-authored a seminal article on applying a social justice approach to youth development practices. Currently, he is the director of the Social Justice Education Project in Tucson, Arizona, and the Anthropology and Education Program at the UA.