This blog has been set up to discuss social issues of the day that impact on people's lives in with a particular focus on music, creativity, education, counselling, well-being, rights, inclusion and anti-discrimination. The editor, John Davis aspires for readers to focus on, discuss and challenge the ideas that are presented in the blog. The blog is open to anyone who wants to write about social justice, creativity, childhood etc. and welcomes contributions from people who have something to say about life in Scotland and beyond; what ever age they are and what ever their background. The editor will support less experienced writers and contributors who have never written before. Feel free to send suggestions for posts/articles to @inde_for_inde on twitter
John Davis is the Professor of Childhood Inclusion at the University of Edinburgh. He is author of the SSSC Taking the First Steps report that evaluated the impact of the BA Childhood […]
This post by John Davis continues our discussion concerning pedagogy in order to explain the political context of our work. It questions rigid notions of ‘quality’ that impose inflexible ‘norms’ on our […]
The first post in this series of 3 posts argued that pedagogy is the space where we analyse, enquire, evaluate and reflect on the way we work with children. It criticised approaches […]
Following on from their May 20th post which explained the dangers of ‘Man Up’ patriarchy and analysed the context of male illnesses of despair, Christina and John examine the impact of patriarchy […]
Let The Flowers Bloom Part 2: Christina Milarvie Quarrell and John Davis Part 1 of this post discussed the disabling, violent and controlling effect of patriarchy in male-female relationships. It posed questions […]
Christina Milarvie Quarrell is a Poet Photographer Artist born and raised in the Govanhill Gorbals communities. Her work celebrates the values of people before profit. Art is her passion and she utilises […]
End of Term Celebration – All Welcome Come and dance till you drop! For One Night Only We Present New Orleans’ Finest Americanna/Ameripolitan Act: Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue Sunday […]
Thanks to Katie Gallogly-Swann for posting this Orwell article on facebook (see link here). Today’s post – compares Orwell to the American author Norman Maclean (who has often been discussed on this […]
Professor John Davis, Professor of Childhood Inclusion at the University of Edinburgh compares the Scottish Government’s plans for a quality, flexible, accessible and affordable early learning and childcare service to the Common […]
In June 2015 I wrote in this blog post about the ironic way that unionists pointed the finger of extremism at Scotland with out ever reflecting on their own prejudice. https://peoplesrepublicofescotia.com/2015/06/02/extremism-prejudices-and-all-of-us-together/ My […]
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