There are Different Suns: Learning, Restorative History, and Finding Ground

Abstract

ABSTRACT This article draws on my time as a classroom teacher and my experience as a museum educator affiliated with the Center for Restorative History to argue for learning that centers relationships over education that centers measurement. The world we live in is shaped by a logic that prioritizes categorization, regulation, and metrics measured against a western liberal ideal. Restorative history, building on practices of peacemaking and restorative justice, offers maps to different ways to be together and think about the world. Places and moments of learning informed by critical pedagogy are the ground on which we can use restorative history practices to build a different world that centers relationship building, mending, and maintaining right relations.