Learning to aspire, aspiring to subvert: Namibian San youths’ narratives about the future as mimetic work of resistance

Ninkova, Velina; Paksi, Attila

doi:10.1080/15595692.2022.2045581

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Playing, Working, and Learning in Flux: Perspectives from African Post-forager Childhoods

Ninkova,

Abels,

Kilale

2023

Childhoods &Amp; Leisure

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Playing, Working, and Learning in Flux: Perspectives from African Post-forager Childhoods

Ninkova,

Abels,

Kilale

2023

Childhoods &Amp; Leisure

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Hunter-Gatherer Children at School: A View From the Global South

Ninkova,

Hays,

Lavi

et al. 2024

Review of Educational Research

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Universal formal education is a major global development goal. Yet hunter-gatherer communities have extremely low participation rates in formal schooling, even in comparison with other marginalized groups. Here, we review the existing literature to identify common challenges faced by hunter-gatherer children in formal education systems in the Global South. We find that hunter-gatherer children are often granted extensive personal autonomy, which is at odds with the hierarchical culture of school. Hunter-gatherer children face economic, infrastructural, social, cultural, and structural barriers that negatively affect their school participation. While schools have been identified as a risk to the transmission of hunter-gatherer values, languages, and traditional knowledge, they are also viewed by hunter-gatherer communities as a source of economic and cultural empowerment. These observations highlight the need for hunter-gatherer communities to decide for themselves the purpose school serves, and whether children should be compelled to attend.

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Learning to aspire, aspiring to subvert: Namibian San youths’ narratives about the future as mimetic work of resistance

Cited by 2 publications

References 19 publications

Playing, Working, and Learning in Flux: Perspectives from African Post-forager Childhoods

Playing, Working, and Learning in Flux: Perspectives from African Post-forager Childhoods

Hunter-Gatherer Children at School: A View From the Global South

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