Professor Hannah Ta簿eb
Applications for the 2024 workshops are no longer accepted
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The Prison Education Workshop is an泭innovative class泭that泭brings 勛圖tv students into a shared educational and creative space with people detained at泭La Sant矇泭prison in Paris.
After one introductory class at 勛圖tv and a prison-organized training session,泭eight泭勛圖tv students spend the semester sharing readings, discussions, and泭creative泭activities with an equal number of detainees. Readings泭are泭selected based on the泭themes emerging from the interactions between the particular participants in the class. In the past, authors studied have included Malcolm X, Bachir Kerroumi, Rigoberta Menchu, Azouz Begag, Jimmy Santiago Baca, W.S. Merwin, Alison Bechdel, Paulo Freire, and Franz Kafka.
In each class session, students and detainees read together as a group, then in small mixed groups, developing泭creative ways to exchange ideas and reactions. Circle pedagogy, deep listening, and other egalitarian approaches are used to make the learning experience mutual. In泭previous workshops, students and detainees put together collaborative final projects that泭were泭presented in a celebratory event, attended by guests from 勛圖tv and the prison.
This泭workshop泭emerges from a collaboration between 勛圖tv and the cultural activities department of the泭Centre P矇nitentiaire Paris La Sant矇, a newly-renovated remand prison in the 14th district of Paris. Detained participants, who primarily speak French (but also other languages), learn alongside 勛圖tv participants, who primarily speak English (but also other languages).泭Sessions are held泭principally in French, and 勛圖tv students must have an intermediate conversational French level to participate (B2 or higher).
Interested students are asked to fill out泭. The cut-off date for applying is泭set according to泭the泭prisons泭requirements. However, we encourage interested students to fill out the application questionnaire as soon as possible, since the prison also allows only a limited number of students to participate.泭Students are accepted泭on a泭first-come, first-served basis. Pre-selected applicants泭are泭contacted for an interview. Queries about the class can be addressed to泭Professor Hannah Taieb泭at any time,泭at泭htaiebaup.edu. On request, interested students can be put into contact with 勛圖tv participants from previous semesters.
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Summer泭Workshop:泭Interested students may also apply for the summer version of this class.泭The summer session, which involves two sessions per week at the prison and one session per week at 勛圖tv, is open to students with a low-intermediate French level (B1 or higher). Summer classes泭are multilingual.
The Spring and Summer 2024 workshops are泭the seventh iteration of the 勛圖tv prison project. Prison Education Democracy labs took place in Fall 2019, Summer 2021, Spring and Summer 2023, and Spring and Summer 2024, with classes co-taught by泭Hannah Taieb泭with prison educator, lawyer and author泭Michelle Kuo, historian泭Albert Wu, and legal scholar泭Roman Zinigrad. The approach and pedagogy of these classes are inspired by the Canadian organization泭Walls To Bridges,泭泭and the US-based organization泭Inside-Out,泭, which have created learning collaborations between universities and correctional institutions across North America, including at Yale University, the University of Michigan, York University, and Wilfrid Laurier. Hannah Taieb, Michelle Kuo, and others have founded an international non-profit,泭Dialogue & Transformation, promoting an egalitarian collaborative approach to prison education.