Growing a Soul for Social Change

A volume in Teaching<~>Learning Indigenous Intercultural Worldviews:International Perspectives on Social Justice and Human RightsSeries Editor: Tonya Huber-Warring St. Cloud State University MinnesotaFor readers new to the field of multicultural education and human relations education the recency of thesepublications heralded as seminal may be confusing for certainly the concepts building the field of multiculturaleducation and human relations education have been around much longer. True. But for the first time wefound the conceptual framework guiding principles and critical works across disciplines and fields in Smith'sencyclopedic organization. Because of the comprehensive nature of Pritchy Smith's knowledge bases theyhave been employed as the organizing themes for this volume. I would clarify that I have not burdened authorsto study Smith's analysis and then apply it to their works; the categorization is my own. And as is true of anytopic the interpretation and application may be broadly applicable. One of my major goals in founding thisseries has been to further develop the knowledge bases with voices from those in the trenches (literally andfiguratively) and at the chalkface-while proverbial for some parts of the world chalk remains a teaching staplein many regions of the world. The pages of the Teaching<~>Learning Indigenous Intercultural Worldviews:International Perspectives on Social Justice and Human Rights book series will be used to build the knowledge bases for diversity concerningplaces and peoples philosophies and positionalities not commonly appearing in the professional literature on education.Throughout this volume authors will explore and research their own discoveries on this journey-narratives of crossing cultures and developing communitiesreconceptualizing democracy and reinterpreting traditions seeking solidarity and sowing the seeds of social justice. Through critical reflectionin the shade of these giants the reader may discover Ming Fang's bamboo tree.