We invite anyone who has been engaged in mathematics teaching or learning around the world to come together in a powerful act of collaboration — an issue of the Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal about how genocide and ethnic cleansing matter in any way in their mathematics classroom. We join together to understand what is in our capacity and what we can do as a community of mathematics education so that “never again” becomes more than just a slogan.
Speak Up
Mathematics isn’t neutral. We use mathematics, or choose not to use it, to raise our voices. When we talk about genocide, we’re pushing back against lies, erasure, and the ways people in power try to rewrite history. Speaking up helps us remember, connect, and stand together.
Raise Awareness
Mathematics and activities in mathematics classrooms can expose injustice, genocide and ethnic cleansing. It can show how people are dehumanized or it can help us grow empathy, think critically, and stay aware and alert.
Power and Justice
When we talk about how mathematics shows up in systems of power, we’re not just talking numbers, we’re talking humanity. How was mathematics used to excuse the violence—or to resist it? Who stayed silent? Who fought back? Let’s ask hard questions. Let’s hold power accountable.
What we’re looking for:
- Your stories, reflections, and ideas rooted in real-world experiences
- Analysis of genocide in any form and systems of power
- Creative visions for a more just, equitable world
Let us
- Collaborate across borders
- Learn from each other’s struggles and strengths
- Contribute to a growing collection of global justice writing
Join us in building a collective narrative that includes different voices, demands change, and envisions liberation. These narratives will be openly shared around the world.
Interested in collaborating? Contact one of us
- Yasmine Abtahi: [email protected]
- Richard Barwell: [email protected]
- Aldo Parra [email protected]
- Jehad Alshwaikh [email protected]
- Renato Marcone: [email protected]
- Anita Rampal: [email protected]
Additional information
Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal is an open access online journal edited by Paul Ernest, Emeritus Professor, University of Exeter, UK and hosted on the website of the University of Exeter. For more information, please see here: https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/pmej/
The issue on Mathematics Education as Witness: Co-authoring Against Genocide with Youth and Teachers is coordinated by Yasmine Abtahi (University of Southeast Norway), Jehad Alshwaikh (Birzeit University), Richard Barwell (University of Ottawa, Canada), Renato Marcone (Universidad Federal de São Paulo, Brasil), Aldo Parra (Universidad del Cauca, Colombia) and Anita Rampal (Delhi University, India),
