Storied Inquiries in International Landscapes an Anthology of Educational Research (Hc)

If we hope to initiate implement assess and sustain change we need to reposition ourselves to see engagewith and understand the world in ways that may be new to us. This book Storied Inquiries in InternationalLandscapes: An Anthology of Educational Research culled from the 15 issues of the Journal of CriticalInquiry Into Curriculum and Instruction (JCI~>CI) synergizes readers to do just that. Those who spend timewith the collected works in this volume can expect to be immersed in a diverse array of compelling experienceseach of which explores the challenges of human relations and culturally responsible education throughtraditional research venues as well as arts-informed methods. These meaning-filled approaches include inquirythrough the creation of collage found poetry photographic imagery quilting metaphorical analysis and narrative. The engaging experiences theirauthors have crafted for us teach us a great deal about how activists artists researchers and teachers who possess a deep passion for their workacknowledge silenced voices; represent them from a variety of perspectives; and in doing so move readers toward personal professional or socialaction in their own lives. This anthology is intended to serve the multiple audiences who have expressed a similar passion for liberatory pedagogysocial justice and human rights work over the years as well as those who are just discovering it for the first time.ENDORSEMENTS:Teaching/Learning Indigenous Intercultural Worldviews is a welcome new book series which holds promise for linking narratives of human rightsstruggles to the growing movement to decolonize scholarship and practice in education for diversity. The series offers a new dialogue space for Indigenousand ally voices-especially for those actively engaged in the work of social justice and work on the edge of each other's battles (AudreLorde).~~ Dr. Beth Blue Swadener Arizona State University