The future is unwritten: Joe Strummer, prophetic pedagogy and complexity as resistance

Hounslow-Eyre, A. (2023) The future is unwritten: Joe Strummer, prophetic pedagogy and complexity as resistance. In: Punk Pedagogies in Practice Disruptions and Connections. Intellect Books, England. ISBN 9781789387063

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Abstract

Joe Strummer’s status as a punk icon is both legendry and contested. As lyricist and frontman of The Clash, Strummer can be seen as a controversial figure, a public schoolboy punk, with an early affection for folk and rock, fronting a punk rock band incorporating reggae, dub, funk, ska and rockabilly might be seen to lack true punk credentials. Strummer’s views on education will be explored by reference to his lyrics and recorded interviews. Strummer’s contention that school ‘teaches you to be thick’ will be examined in the context of the current English Education system. It will be argued that a Strummer infused punk pedagogy should be advocated in opposition to current ‘what works’ approaches to education research and pedagogy. Drawing on the work of Gert Biesta a pedagogy of emergence, set within a renewed understanding of the purposes of education will be advocated. Such a pedagogy enables education to increasingly be viewed as a site of creative resistance. A resistance that Gert Biesta characterises as the middle ground between self-destruction and world-destruction. A middle ground in which dialogue comes to be more highly valued; an educational ‘campfire community’. Education and pedagogical theory must finally acknowledge that the future is unwritten.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	© 2023 Intellect. This is an author accepted manuscript of a paper subsequently published in Punk Pedagogies in Practice Disruptions and Connections. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
Divisions:	School of Social Science
Depositing User:	Dr Adam Hounslow-Eyre
Date Deposited:	28 Mar 2023 09:06
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2023 09:06
URI:	https://bgro.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1009

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