A3 Book section, Chapters in research books
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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Publication details
All authors or editors: Kontinen, Tiina; Holma, Katariina
Parent publication: Learning, Philosophy, and African Citizenship
Parent publication editors: Holma, Katariina; Kontinen, Tiina
ISBN: 978-3-030-94881-8
eISBN: 978-3-030-94882-5
Publication year: 2022
Pages range: 17-38
Number of pages in the book: 221
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication: Cham
Publication country: Switzerland
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94882-5_2
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Open 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.
Keywords: citizenship; citizens; learning; learning theories; conceptions; civic activism; civil society; upbringing; communities (organisations); immaterial capital; cultural capital (social assets); politics
Contributing organizations
Related projects
- Theory and practice of learning to be a citizen: Experiences from Tanzania and Uganda
- Kontinen, Tiina
- Research Council of Finland
Ministry reporting: Yes
VIRTA submission year: 2022
JUFO rating: 3
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