Overview

Presenting European Anthropology of Education through eleven studies of European schools, this volume explores the constructing and handling of difference and sameness in the central institutions of schools. Based on ethnographic studies of schools in Greece, England, Norway, Italy, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Spain, Austria, Russia, Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark, it illustrates how anthropological studies of schools provide a window to larger society. It thus offers insights into cultural lessons taught to children through policies, institutional structures and everyday interactions, as well as into schools’ entanglement in state projects, cultural processes, societal histories and conflicts, and hence into contemporary Europe.

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Author:   Laura Gilliam ,  Christa Markom
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
ISBN:  

9781805394761

ISBN 10:   1805394762
Pages:   366
Publication Date:   01 April 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Anthropological Study of Schools. Presenting European Anthropology of Education Laura Gilliam and Christa Markom Part I: Constructing and Handling Difference and Sameness in the Everyday of School Chapter 1. Rendering Sameness and Difference Pedagogical. Care for Kindergarten Pupils in a Stigmatized Swiss Suburb Ursina Jaeger Chapter 2. Teaching Equality, Teaching Hierarchy: Moral Lessons in the Schools of the Danish Welfare State Laura Gilliam Chapter 3. Approaching Difference through Control or Care: Diverging School Ethos in the Norwegian Unified School Ingrid Smette Chapter 4. “Silencing” or “Being Silent” from a Child-Centred Perspective: Accomplices to the Invisibility of Differences in an Austrian School Christa Markom Part II: Constructing and Handling Difference and Sameness through the Policies, Curriculum and Structures of School Chapter 5. Schooling and Age Imaginaries: Establishing the Foundations of Sameness and Difference in an English Secondary School Patrick Alexander Chapter 6. Education and integration of the Others: Roma Education in the Czech Republic Markéta Levínská, David Doubek and Dana Bittnerová Chapter 7. Regionalism and Minority Identities in Putin’s Russia: Ethnographic Perspectives on School Education and Belonging Dilyara Müller-Suleymanova Chapter 8. Activating Muslims: Citizenship in Dutch Islamic schools# Jamal Ahajjaj, Martijn de Koning and Thijl Sunier Chapter 9. Teaching History and Performing the Nation: The Production of National Citizens in Greek Primary Education Ioannis Manos Part III: Special Contributions Chapter 10. Anthropology and/in Intercultural Education in Italy: The Winding Roads to Diversity and Identity Francesca Gobbo Chapter 11. Civil Enculturation in The Netherlands, Britain, Germany, and France: a Look Back and Ahead Sabine Mannitz and Thijl Sunier Afterword: Towards an Anthropology of Education in Europe: Insights, Challenges and Potential Spyrou Spyros

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“This book is the product of high levels of expertise and provides a great deal of information and insights about how schools in different regions of Europe deal with the contemporary challenge of diversity (difference) and ‘sameness’.” • Cristina Allemann-Ghionda, University of Cologne

Author Information

Laura Gilliam is an anthropologist and Associate Professor in Educational Anthropology, at School of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark. With Eva Gulløv, she is the author of Children of the Welfare State: Civilizing Practices in Schools, Childcare and Families, (Pluto Books, 2017).

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