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SNAPSHOTS 12th World Congress of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies WCCES Havana 2004 A Memoir

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SNAPSHOTS 12th World Congress of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies WCCES Havana 2004 A Memoir

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    1. SNAPSHOTS 12th World Congress of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) – Havana 2004 – A Memoir Preparations – pre-congress Almost 1,000 participants from 68 countries Educational visits Academic networking - 14 thematic groups discussing ‘Education & Social Justice’ The World Council and its work Closing ceremonies Enjoying Havana Dance, music, partying

    2. Planning the 12th WCCES Congress, Havana – February 2004. Cuban Minister of Education, Dr. Luis Gomez Gutierrez (2nd left) promises WCCES President, Dr. Anne Hickling-Hudson (2nd right), the support of Cuba’s Ministries of Education and Culture for the 12th Congress.

    3. Asociacion de Pedagos de Cuba (APC) Headquarters of the Association of Cuban Educators, Havana – Chief site of preparations for 12th World Congress, WCCES March 2004.

    4. Congress Planning Meeting, Ministry of Education. WCCES President 2001- 4, Anne Hickling-Hudson (centre) with Cuban Minister of Education Dr. Luis Gomez Gutierrez (2nd right) and other officials: March 2004

    5. Key Organizers of 12th WCCES World Congress WCCES Officers: President, 2 Vice-Presidents, Secretary General and Treasurer APC - Asociacion de Pedagos de Cuba –Comparative Education Section Cuban Ministry of Education, with the assistance of the Ministry of Higher Education and the Ministry of Culture Cuban Congress Committee WCCES Congress Committee Palacio de Convenciones (Palace of Conventions), Havana WCCES Research Committee – coordinated the program of 14 Thematic Groups, each with 2 convenors WCCES Finance and Fund-Raising Committee – raised funds for assisting needy scholars to travel to the Congress

    6. Congress Planning March 2004 – taking a break [From Left: Lidia Turner Marti – Chair, Cuban Congress Committee; Rosemary Preston – Chair, WCCES Congress Committee; Zosima Lopez – Conventions Director, PALCO; Anne Hickling-Hudson – WCCES President; Jorge Corona Gonzalez -Director, Congress Finances; Nidia Gonzalez – President, Association of Cuban Educators]

    7. Pre-Congress Seminars in each of Cuba’s 14 provinces, organised by the Asociacion de Pedagos de Cuba

    8. Professors at the Pedagogical University, Pinar del Rio. They hosted one of 14 Pre-Congress Seminars in provincial Cuba on ‘Education and Social Justice’, March 2004.

    10. Havanatur Representative – Caridad Roman – in charge of bookings & travel for the 12th Congress

    11. 12th World Congress of Comparative Education Societies, Havana – Opening Ceremony, 25 October 2004, at the Palace of Conventions. .

    12. Opening Ceremony: Cuban school students of Dance performing for 12th World Congress of Comparative Education

    13. Cuban school students dancing at 12th World Congress, watched by WCCES Secretary General, Mark Bray (R)

    14. Cultural Gala – Wednesday night Cuban School students, aged 6 to 18, entertained Congress delegates with a magnificent 2 hour concert of music (vocal and instrumental) and dance. Performances showed multicultural Cuba, ranging through classical, Spanish-influenced, Cuban Creole and Afro-Cuban dance and music. The concert was a showcase of the excellent Fine Arts education in Cuban schools.

    15. Celebrating the opening of the 12th World Congress of Comparative Education, Havana [From Left – Jorge Corona Gonzalez, Anne Hickling-Hudson (WCCES President), Dr. Louis Gomez (Cuban Minister of Education) and his wife]

    16. Celebrating the 12th World Congress [Right to left: WCCES President- Anne Hickling-Hudson; WCCES Research Committee Chair - Heidi Ross; WCCES Congress Committee Chair - Rosemary Preston]

    17. 12th World Congress- WCCES President Anne (centre) with Professors and Postgraduate Students from Central Africa

    18. Great bands, great salsa – celebrating the 12th World Congress of Comparative Education, Havana

    19. 12th World Congress – 570 delegates went on visits to schools like this secondary school (below) and other educational institutions

    21. Congress delegates visited the University of Havana

    22. Preparing for Meetings of the WCCES Executive Committee [From left: Mark Bray - WCCES Secretary General; Rosemary Preston - Chair, WCCES Congress Committee;, Jorge Corona Gonzalez – Finance Director, Cuban Congress Committee]

    23. The 2001 - 2004 WCCES Executive Committee and Officers, 12th World Congress, Havana - gathered for Council meeting

    24. 5 of the 34 members of WCCES Executive Committee, at meeting, 12th Congress, Havana

    26. WCCES President (centre) with media coordinators at 12th World Congress. Cuban Information Technology Specialists (Ministry of Education) Olga Santiesteban (L) and Lazaro Viera (R)

    27. 12th Congress Theme: ‘Education and Social Justice’ – explored in: Academic panels and papers of 14 Thematic Groups Opening session address by Dr. Luis Gomez Gutierrez, Cuban Minister of Education: “Cuba: The Profound Educational Revolution” Papers of Keynote Speakers – Madeleine Arnot (UK), Sallim Vally (South Africa) Presidential Address: “Cultural complexity, postcolonial perspectives and challenges for comparative educators” – Anne Hickling-Hudson

    28. Delegates gathering for Presidential Address. Simultaneous Translation Facilities for Congress delegates – Spanish, English, French. Cuban team of 77 interpreters attended sessions.

    29. WCCES Presidential Address by Anne Hickling-Hudson, 28 October 2004: ‘Cultural complexity, postcolonial perspectives and challenges for comparative educators’

    30. Delegates taking their seats for the closing ceremony, Friday 29 October 2004. Mark Bray is elected new President, to lead the WCCES for the next 3 years.

    31. Closing ceremony (29 October). Outgoing WCCES President, Anne Hickling-Hudson, shows letter from President Fidel Castro celebrating the 12th Congress and the Importance of educators.

    32. Anne Hickling-Hudson and UNESCO representative Cecilia Braslavsky (L) with Fidel’s letter

    34. Gift of Cuban abstract painting presented to the APC in recognition of their excellent hosting of the 12th congress. Given by the WCCES and the USA ‘Seminario’ delegates, organized by Sheryl Lutjens

    36. Post-Congress party (Tuesday 2 Nov ’04) at the Asociacion de Pedagos de Cuba (APC) – afternoon drinks and snacks to thank team who worked in the Congress

    37. APC afternoon party: Nidia Gonzalez (APC President) – thanks team of Congress workers

    38. APC afternoon party – Lidia Turner (Leader of Congress Committee in Cuba) gives an amusing history of preparing for the Congress

    39. APC afternoon party, 2 Nov. - Anne Hickling-Hudson thanks team of Congress workers.

    40. Party at the home of Lidia Turner (Chair, Cuban Congress Committee). Congress organisers celebrate its success. (Rosemary had gone to the beach – she came later.)

    41. Partying! Alejandro Torres (Congress Executive Secretary) dances with his former professor, Lidia Turner

    42. Emelina Perez (Professor of English at the Pedagogical University, Havana) with Anne Hickling-Hudson and Rosemary Preston in Havana. She assisted with interpretation and translation at the Congress.

    43. Congress participants stayed in many hotels in Havana. This is the view from one of them.

    45. Old Havana – Spanish-style interiors

    46. Sightseeing in Vinales, provincial Cuba

    47. Old Havana – street entertainers

    48. Old Havana Street entertainers – stilts and drums

    49. Old Havana – residents stroll around on Saturday afternoon (30 October 04). Their apartments are in the background.

    50. Old Havana – flower seller, Saturday afternoon (30 October ’04). He is selling sweet-smelling mariposas – Cuba’s national flower.

    51. Old Havana, Saturday afternoon, 30 October. Cubans buying snacks.

    52. Cuban children in a Havana Street. They are crowding round a visitor to see their images on a digital camera.

    53. Old Havana – art market.

    54. Old Havana – street booksellers

    55. Congress Planning – Lidia Turner & Zosima Lopez, Havana, March 2004. Post-Congress work, 2005, continues in many countries under new WCCES President, Mark Bray.

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