Non exhaustive list of the Q&A guests around Being & Becoming (alphabetical order)
Argentina: - Mireya Baglietto, artist, creator of Arte Núbico. - Melina Broffman, doula, body therapist, specialized in children’s development - Gabriel Logarzo, founder and director of the permaculture Akapacha in Chascomús, Argentina. - Karina Intelisano, Professor in Sciences of Education (UNLP), Certified Facilitator in Pedagogy 3000, Coordinator for Escuela Soles del Faro. - Judith Raidan, events organizer and activist for learning freedom, theater teacher.
Brazil: - Joel Birman, psychiatrist and psychotherapist. One of the most prolific Brazilian authors in the field of psychoanalysis. Professor of Psychology in the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), he’s starting, at the International College of Philosophy, Paris, a line of interdisciplinary research on Psychotherapy and Philosophy about the "New conditions of angst in our civilization". - Sabrina Bittencour, mother of three unschoolers, social entrepreneur. She founded and directs the Escola com asas, a free learning network for families and people of all ages (Brazil and Mediterranean). Co-founder of 37 companies across 4 continents, author of "Lembrando Mim: Vaca Profana." Her 12 year old son Biel Baum is a Chef and author. - Tatiana Dutra, founder of Organika Produções, production company specialized in themes of sustainability and education. Currently developing a series on learning freedom. - Carla Ferro, philosopher and researcher on learning without teaching. - Helène Petry, sociologist, professor at the Federal Fluminense University (UFF). Doctor in Education Sociology at Sciences-Po in Paris.
France: - Céline Alvarez, author of the blog La maternelle des enfants, director of a well known experiment and research on a kindergarten class in Gennevilliers (high violence zone) - Christelle Angevin from LED’A (les Enfants d’Abord) - Auriane, Ayla, Loline, Nell, young Unschoolers between 12 and 15 - Sergio Avalos, Unschooling dad of a handicapped child, teacher of the Handicap Social Model at ESTP - François Begaudeau, writer and film critic, screen writer of the Golden Palm The Class, based on his book - Clara Bellar, director and producer - Kerry Bennassar, mother of 2 Life Learners, never schooled, in Topanga, Los Angeles - Armand Bernardi, director of films connected to education (Faire face à l’éducation series) and initiation rites and traditions in the world - Laurent Bindel, founder of the Orienta project, an orientation structure - Philippe Bongrand, doctor in political sciences and Pascale Ponté, doctor in education sciences - Benjamin Bourguier and Marjorie Bautista, co-founders of Ecole Dynamique (Sudbury school) in Paris - Etty Buzyn, psychologist et psycho-analyst, author of Papa, maman, laissez-moi le temps de rêver - Thierry Casasnovas from Vivre Cru - Pierre Cieutat, professor from the Freinet schools - Local Colibris group (inspired by Pierre Rabhi) from Ales and Montpellier - Baptiste Colin, Unschooler and Brittany correspondent of the association Les Enfants d’Abord - François de Closets, journalist and writer of Le Bonheur d’apprendre et comment on l’assassine - Bernard Collot, initiator of the movement “towards a 3rd type school”, author of Chronicles of a School of the Third Type - Antonio Damasio, neuroscientist and author of Descartes’ Error - Frédérique Deghelt, author of 7 novels. La vie d’une autre was translated into 10 languages and adapted to the screen with Juliette Binoche - Claude Didierjean Jouveau, editor of Allaiter Aujourd’hui, author of books on breastfeeding and attachement parenting - Charlotte Dien, Author of Instruire en Famille - Dr Catherine Dolto, pedistrician, haptopsychotherapist, author and director of collection at Gallimard - Catherine Dumonteil Kremer, author of Elever son enfant autrement - Jean-D Eichelbrenner, computer engineer, magician, hyptnotherapist… and recently unschooling dad - Joele van Effenterre, editor of Being and Becoming, chief editor in a hundred films, with Costa-Gavras, Agnes Varda, Diane Kurys, Alexandre Arcady, Antoien de Caunes, Bertrand van Effenterre, Denys Podalydes. Director of 13 documentaries - Fredy Fadel, Unschooling dad from the film, mathematician, computer scientist - Isabelle Filliozat, psychotherapist and author of Understanding Children’s Emotions. A pioneer in positive parenting - Pascal Gbahode, association Déclic, created to spread the development of NVC (Non-Violent Communication) to the world of education - Stéphanie Gervais, HS mother of 3 children ; parents educator and coach. - Judith Grumbach, director of the film Ensemble, redessinons l’éducation for the association Ashoka - Dr Catherine Gueguen, pediatrician and author of For a happy childhood: Rethinking Education in Light of the Latest Brain Discoveries - Monica Heinz, teacher and researcher in anthropology at Université Paris 10 - Cherazad Laib, founder of the association Palet de couleurs non sco Lyon (alternative and positive education) and the association Simplement Parents - Valérie Le Penru, association l’Arbre à bébés - Josette Lepine, psychotherapist for 30 years and somatic coach for teens, author of Le coaching somatique ou l’intelligence du corps en mouvement - Jean-Pierre Lepri, doctor in Education and Sociology, inspector for Education Nationale, author of La fin de l’éducation ? - Soline Lucas, public school teacher and Unschooling mother of three - Cécile Maitre from LED'A (les Enfants d’Abord) - Sandrine Mercier-Morice, HS mother - Victorine Meyers, mother of 2 Unschoolers (14 &11), publisher at Editions Instant Présent - Eric Meynieux-Torlois from “Herbes Folles" - Daliborka Milovanovic, editor at the magazine Grandir Autrement, publisher at Myriadis and Le Hêtre edtions, mother of four boys (2 to 15) who are or have been autonomous learners - Frédéric Miquel, Association Objectif 100%, creator of Point d'O, meeting center for young people in school failure in Tours - http://www.objectif100.org - Pr Hubert Montagner, former Universities Professor and Director of Research at INSER. Author of L’Enfant Acteur de son Développement - Bernadette Nozarian, teacher, researcher, author Transition Pédagogique, de nécessaires mutations de l'école - Laurent Ott from Intermède Robinson - Paola Perez, Unschooling mother of 3, offers parenting support through family communication workshops - Mélissa Plavis, philosopher et researcher of the link between Unschooling and ecology - Valérie Racaud, family and school coach, association Semis de vie - Sophie Rabhi-Bouquet, La Ferme des Enfants Hameau des Buis (alternative school) - Claudia Renau - publisher at editions-instant-present - writer l'Apprentissage Informel expliqué à mon inspecteur - organiser of encounters at www.lecoledelavie.org - mother of 3 girls who were never schooled (10, 13 & 16) - Karine Stoëckel, mindful parenting workshops facilitator (http://education-bienveillante.fr) and newly home educating mother of 2 boys - Blandine Swyngedauw, co-founder of Printemps de l'éducation - François Tadei, director of the Centre de recherches interdisciplinaires http://cri-paris.org - Ghislain Vanlaer and Sylvia Canals, parents of 4 autonomous learners (19 to 26 year old) - Antonella Verdiani, consultant in Education Sciences, initiator of Printemps de l’Education, author Ces écoles qui rendent nos enfants heureux - Marie-Laure Viaud, senior lecturer in Education sciences, specialist of alternative learning methods. Author of several books, including Montessori, Freinet, Steiner… A different school for my child? - Valérie Vincent, homeschooling mother of 7 children from 4 to 24 years old. Initiator of the Portail de I’IEF and co-initiator of Collect’IEf - Marie-Laure Wieser, director of Printemps de l’éducation, and Evan, 16, unschooled at his request
Germany: - Prof. Dr. Nils Berkemeyer (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Lehrstuhl für Schulpädagogik und Schulentwicklung) - Teresa Jahn, Unschooling mother - Julian, from youth association Septré and co-organizer of Schulfrei-Festival - Karen Kern, Bundesverband Natürlich Lernen (BVNL), founder of Schulfrei-Festival, board member of Freilener Solidargemeinschaft - Franziska Klinkigt, psychologist and co-publisher of Versuche zur Verteidigung der Freiheit: Diskussionen zur Bildungsrepublik - Kristin Lehmann, sign language interpreter, Unschooling mother of 3, board member of BVNL and co-founder of Unschoolers'-Network Leipzig - Stefanie Mohsennia, author of Schulfrei: Vom Lernen ohne Grenzen - Günter Przybylski, unschooling father of 6, social worker, BVNL activist - Astrid Rothe-Beinlich (MdL B90/Die Grünen) - Rose Schülpke, unschooling mother of 3 - Bertrand Stern, philosopher, human rights activist and author of Schluss mit Schule! Das Menschenrecht, sich frei zu bilden; Vom Gluck des Nichtstuns; Die Entfesselung der Kreativitat: Das Menschenrecht auf Schulvermeidung - Juri Wolf, young unschooler and co-organizer of Schulfrei-Festival
Luxembourg: - Christine Brabant, professor and researcher in school administration, UER in Education Sciences at Quebec University, Associate researcher at Centre de philosophie du droit de l'UCL, Co-founder of the International Center for Home Education Research, Author of L'école à la maison au Québec: un projet familial, social et démocratique - Mme Greisch, primary school inspector
Spain: - Daragh Mc Inerney, director of ALE (Asociación por la Libertad de Educacion) - Sophie Larcher and Sabrina Gambau, Unschooler mothers from Barcelona
United Kingdom: - Leslie Barson, PhD on Home Education - Aaron and Michael Tavaler, Unschooling family from the film - Pr Alan Thomas, University of London, Institute of Education