The Social Pedagogy Professional Association [SPPA] is pleased to invite you to submit abstracts for our 2021 conference:
Social Distance and Togetherness: The Role of Social Pedagogy in Navigating Difficult Journeys
To be held online on 9th September 2021
The SPPA annual conference and this call for abstracts is open to members and non-members alike.
We welcome proposals from practitioners, academics, policy makers, students, professionals and people interested in and/or passionate about social pedagogy from across a range of disciplines. The focus of your abstract should fit broadly within the topic of this year’s conference.
Extended deadline: 9th August 2021
About this year’s theme:
Social Distance and Togetherness: The Role of Social Pedagogy in Navigating Difficult Journeys
2020 has seen us all affected by social distance: physical, emotional, social and spiritual distance alike.
This distance has been challenging, but has also birthed new ways for togetherness, and unearthed old senses of community. There have been collective and individual journeys, both trying and transformative, and the role of social pedagogy has never been more pertinent when geographical, demographic, socio-economic and political landscapes have become so evident in their force behind shaping these journeys.
SPPA is gathering speakers from various disciplines to investigate social pedagogy’s role in the global and local navigation of this challenge, and from there, to think about its role in all journeys, from the everyday to the life-long.
This conference offers an exclusive opportunity to take stock, to reflect on our shared and individual journeys, and to look at how we have come together through social pedagogy and what its role is in the future.
We welcome you in shaping this conference with us!
Date and Venue
Our Annual Conference will take place on September 9th, 2021 from 9:30 to 15:30 h (London time)
This year we will have our annual conference online for the first time. At SPPA we are always trying to learn from challenging and changing circumstances. We believe change helps us expand our possibilities and as such, hosting our conference online is a great opportunity to explore more creative ways of communicating, of doing, and of being! An online conference also means more people from all around the world could join us, and we love to see our community growing across borders!
Ways to contribute
To allow for a more interactive and diverse exploration of our theme Social Distance and Togetherness: the role of social pedagogy in navigating difficult journeys, we offer a variety of ways to participate:
a. Workshops (45 min)
We are looking for creative, interactive, experiential workshops that are academically rooted or informed and come from a social pedagogical perspective. Workshops should aim to both inform and actively involve participants.
Note: time for the workshops has been shortened to 45 minutes instead of 60.
b. Lightning talks (10 min, plus 5 min Q&A)
An opportunity to give a brief talk or share a story in an insightful and clear way. We aim to have a variety of speakers and topics (related to our theme of course) which could include experiences from life, practice, provocations or insights of social pedagogical approaches and concepts.
c. Poster
We welcome posters that visually communicate projects, research, examples from practice or theoretical approaches. The posters will be displayed during the whole conference. There will be time during the breaks and lunch time for the authors to interact with attendees.
d. Vlog (5 min)
We want to hear from you about your social pedagogy experiences, wisdoms, or key take home messages. This is an opportunity to participate in sharing your journey via a short video blog which will be played on loop through the breaks and lunchtime.
Submission guidelines
Abstract submission for workshops, lightning talks and posters
Abstracts must show how your contribution relates to the conference theme, specify your aim and provide a brief explanation of the session or poster. Abstracts should be a maximum of 250 words. Please download and fill in the abstracts submission form and return it to info@sppa-uk.org with the subject: SPPA conference 2021 abstract
Vlogs submission
Vlogs should be 5 minutes long maximum, you can make a video with your phone or other devices, please make sure there are no offensive images or language in your video. Check that the quality of the video is good enough to be displayed on a screen but avoid sending files that are too heavy. We prefer landscape mode.
We accept the following formats: MP4, MOV and WMV. Please download and fill in the Vlog submission form and send both your video and the form via Dropbox (see the Vlogs submission form for specific instructions).
Please remember that the deadline for submissions is 9th of August 2021!
Who is this conference for?
Social pedagogy is a professional discipline that can be applied across the whole lifespan so we welcome a wide variety of submissions, from practitioners to policy makers, and students to academics, community activists to members of the public these may include:
- Anyone interested in a social pedagogical, relational approach
- People who have used or currently use services
- Anyone interested in making new connections
- Anyone who is keen to develop their learning about social pedagogy
- Anyone keen to get into a dialogue about wellbeing and educational solutions to social problems
You might be working in early childhood education and care, family support, youth work, children’s foster care, residential childcare, social work, services for older people, mental health services, community support services, employment support, community arts or any of the support and helping services and professions.
Download the complete call for abstracts here.
For information please email us: info@sppa-uk.org
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