Conversation with Lleah Smith about the project FUTURE SCHOOL developed with Year 3-6 students at the Kandos Public School as a creative re-imaging of the traditional classroom, followed by the experiences of 'home-schooling' during the Covid-19 lockdowns. FUTURE SCHOOL is a framework on how to work with young people so their voices and opinions are heard, valued, and incorporated into the decision making processes. It is a project that builds and develops young people’s confidence, questions the hierarchies of knowledge and the function of the school within the community.
FUTURE SCHOOL was presented as part of the 2022 Cementa Festival in Kandos NSW, on the Wiradjuri country where my conversation with Lleah was recorded.
Cementa Festival: cementa.com.au/
Lleah Smith: http://lleahsmith.com/
This conversation was aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 23 May 2022, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'.
Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come.
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PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)
MUSIC:
#1 (intro): The Four Distressed Waves Of Sleep, from the album 'Message' by Svntax Error
https://svntaxerror.bandcamp.com/album/message
#2 (short intermission between the interview): Passage 4: Daniel Von Jenatsch, from the album Relating to the Immediate Surroundings of Something by Megan Alice Clune
