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ellenv,

Both such interesting points! 

With regard to the un/conscious issue, this really gets at one of the most convincing (to me) critiques of Freire, which is the way he creates the path for educators to consider perspectives held by 'the oppressed' as 'fase consciousness,' which of course implies that somehow the educator knows/has true consciousness (e.g. about oppression).  I'm not quite sure I understand your question about 'accounting for the intersection,' though -- please explain?

In terms of your second point, I agree that it's important to teach to both the local and beyond; I wonder, though, whether Freirian thinking would address this in terms of using the local as a starting point and from there moving outwards, so to speak, to embrace broader themes...