SNAPSHOTS 12th World Congress of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES)

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SNAPSHOTS12th 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

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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 Cubas Ministries of Education and
Culture for the 12th Congress.
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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.
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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
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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

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Congress Planning March 2004 taking a
breakFrom 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
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Pre-Congress Seminars in each of Cubas 14
provinces, organised by the Asociacion de Pedagos
de Cuba
Postgraduate students from Bolivia read their
research paper at Pre-Congress Seminar on
Education and Social Justice, March 2004.
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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.
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Meeting and preparations in Australia for
12thCongress. (From right) Rosemary Preston
(Congress Committee Chair) Anne Hickling-Hudson
(WCCES President), Bob Arnove (Special Projects
Committee Chair), Christine Fox (WCCES Congress
Committee Co-chair)
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Havanatur Representative Caridad Roman in
charge of bookings travel for the 12th Congress
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12th World Congress of Comparative Education
Societies, Havana Opening Ceremony, 25 October
2004, at the Palace of Conventions..
Approximately 970 academics from 68 countries
took part in the Congress the largest in
WCCES history.
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Opening Ceremony Cuban school students of Dance
performing for 12th World Congress of Comparative
Education
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Cuban school students dancing at 12th World
Congress, watched by WCCES Secretary General,
Mark Bray (R)
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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.

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Celebrating the opening of the 12th World
Congress of Comparative Education, HavanaFrom
Left Jorge Corona Gonzalez, Anne
Hickling-Hudson (WCCES President), Dr. Louis
Gomez (Cuban Minister of Education) and his wife
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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
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12th World Congress- WCCES President Anne
(centre)with Professors and Postgraduate
Students from Central Africa
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Great bands, great salsa celebrating the 12th
World Congress of Comparative Education, Havana
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12th World Congress 570 delegates went on
visits to schools like this secondary school
(below) and other educational institutions

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Many delegates visited Primary Schools like this
one in Havana
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Congress delegates visited the University of
Havana
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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
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The 2001 - 2004 WCCES Executive Committee and
Officers, 12th World Congress, Havana - gathered
for Council meeting
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5 of the 34 members of WCCES Executive Committee,
at meeting, 12th Congress, Havana
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Welcome to new members. WCCES President Anne
Hickling-Hudson, and WCCES Secretary General Mark
Bray, welcome representatives of the Mexican
Comparative Education Society (new member of the
WCCES) and the Argentinean Society (applying for
membership).
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WCCES President (centre) with media coordinators
at 12th World Congress. Cuban Information
Technology Specialists (Ministry of Education)
Olga Santiesteban (L) and Lazaro Viera (R)
Room Coordinator, Palacio de Convenciones, 12th
World Congress - Sylvia
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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

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Delegates gathering for Presidential
Address.Simultaneous Translation Facilities for
Congress delegates Spanish, English, French.
Cuban team of 77 interpreters attended sessions.
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WCCES Presidential Address by Anne
Hickling-Hudson, 28 October 2004Cultural
complexity, postcolonial perspectives and
challenges for comparative educators
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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.
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• 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.

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Anne Hickling-Hudson and UNESCO representative
Cecilia Braslavsky (L) with Fidels letter
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APC President, Nidia Gonzalez, presents award to
outgoing WCCES President, Anne Hickling-Hudson,
for her services to Comparative Education and the
12th Congress.
WCCES President displays her award - Member of
Honour of the Asociacion de Pedagos de Cuba
(APC).
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• 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

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Mesa Redonda Round Table program on Cuban
TV interviews delegates about the WCCES 12th
Congress
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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
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APC afternoon party Nidia Gonzalez (APC
President) thanks team of Congress workers
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APC afternoon party Lidia Turner (Leader of
Congress Committee in Cuba) gives an amusing
history of preparing for the Congress
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APC afternoon party, 2 Nov. - Anne
Hickling-Hudson thanks team of Congress workers.
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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.)
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Partying! Alejandro Torres (Congress Executive
Secretary) dances with his former professor,
Lidia Turner
APC Administrator, Maria, shows off her grandson
at the party. Elvira Martin, WCCES Vice President
(r.) and Marias daughter (l.), mother of the
baby, gaze admiringly.
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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.
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Congress participants stayed in many hotels in
Havana. This is the view from one of them.
Hotel Nacional, Havana. View of the Malecon
(sea wall) and historic harbour
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Old Havana
Sightseeing pre and post
Congress. Habana Vieja (Old Havana) beautiful
Spanish buildings date from the 16th and 17th
centuries. UNESCO is helping to restore them.
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Old Havana Spanish-style interiors
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Sightseeing in Vinales, provincial Cuba
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Old Havana street entertainers
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Old Havana Street entertainers stilts and
drums
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Old Havana residents stroll around on Saturday
afternoon (30 October 04). Their apartments are
in the background.
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Old Havana flower seller,Saturday afternoon
(30 October 04). He is selling sweet-smelling
mariposas Cubas national flower.
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Old Havana, Saturday afternoon, 30 October.
Cubans buying snacks.
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Cuban children in a Havana Street. They are
crowding round a visitor to see their images on a
digital camera.
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Old Havana art market.
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Old Havana street booksellers
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Congress Planning Lidia Turner Zosima Lopez,
Havana, March 2004. Post-Congress work, 2005,
continues in many countries under new WCCES
President, Mark Bray.