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Citizenship Learning : Contextual, Material and Political (2022)


Kontinen, T., & Holma, K. (2022). Citizenship Learning : Contextual, Material and Political. In K. Holma, & T. Kontinen (Eds.), Learning, Philosophy, and African Citizenship (pp. 17-38). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94882-5_2


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All authors or editorsKontinen, Tiina; Holma, Katariina

Parent publicationLearning, Philosophy, and African Citizenship

Parent publication editorsHolma, Katariina; Kontinen, Tiina

ISBN978-3-030-94881-8

eISBN978-3-030-94882-5

Publication year2022

Pages range17-38

Number of pages in the book221

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan

Place of PublicationCham

Publication countrySwitzerland

Publication languageEnglish

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94882-5_2

Publication open accessOpenly available

Publication channel open accessOpen Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX)https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/80936


Abstract

This chapter focuses on three intertwined dimensions central to contemporary studies of citizenship: the material, the cultural and the political. Based on these, it develops an account of citizenship learning that draws on socio-cultural and socio-material theories of learning and emphasizes everyday encounters and practices as spaces central to learning citizenship. It illustrates with examples from African contexts how contextual, material and political dimensions of citizenship manifest themselves in practices wherein citizenship is performed and learned. In conclusion, it suggests an account of citizenship learning which locates learning in the dynamic interaction between individuals and their cultural, social and material environments and is embedded in the specific social, economic and political conditions of a given society and state.


Keywordscitizenshipcitizenslearninglearning theoriesconceptionscivic activismcivil societyupbringingcommunities (organisations)immaterial capitalcultural capital (social assets)politics


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Reporting Year2022

JUFO rating3


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