This volume brings together 37 authors from 14 countries to examine how the social purposes of adult education are (re)interpreted across time and contexts—from the Global North to the Global South. Inspired by the inclusive, post-colonial vision of Lalage Bown
This chapter introduces the work of Lalage Bown: a highly influential practitioner, researcher and activist who was passionately committed to the role which adult education could play in supporting social justice aims. The four main themes of the book are outlined: adult education and social justice; decolonisation, post-colonialism and indigenous knowledge; from literacy to lifelong learni…