Atutubo of History presents paper in Asian Symposium on Education, Equity, and Social Justice

Asst. Prof. Janet Atutubo presented a paper before a gathering of academicians, researchers, health professionals, and students in the Second Asian Symposium on Education, Equity, and Social Justice in Hiroshima, Japan on December 20 to 22, 2015. This symposium was an international and interdisciplinary event that provided  a forum for bringing the issues of education and social justice to the forefront of mainstream discussion.

Atutubo’s paper titled “Struggles for Independence: A Popular Perspective” problematized the inconsistencies in the depiction of history, which was interpreted by historians who do not know of the sentiments of the common people. History, rather, must be told from the perspective of  the uneducated,  the rural, working people who form the base and majority of the population. Atutubo suggested that an alternative narration of the histories of Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines, and all the countries belonging to the South East Asian region be written again so that the unheard voices can have their space, too, in the annals of history.  

This symposium’s line-up of scholars for its plenary speakers and discussion moderators included Dr. Alan Brady, professor of Sociology at Kwansei Gakuin University; Prof. Kristy King Takagi, Deputy Director of the Language Center in Fukui University, Japan; and Dr. Susan Miller, Professor of English and Literature in Nippon Sports Science University, Japan.