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Abstract
In two recent edited collections – Young People and Thinking Technologies in/for the Anthropocene and Young People and Stories for the Anthropocene (; ) we and our colleagues have argued for the need to develop new ways of ‘troubling’ orthodoxies in youth studies when the Anthropocene is producing multiple crises in earth systems. In this paper we do some of that troubling by drawing on a recent project in which we conducted interviews with young people in the context of the crises generated by the covid-19 pandemic, and tell a version of the story of Shakira and her struggles to ‘live well’ in the Anthropocene. In thinking about what we can make of her story, we will use understanding of humans as ‘biocultural creatures’ who emerge in and from ‘biocultural habitats’, to develop an account of young people’s well-being that foregrounds the materiality and vitality of young people’s embodiment.
A Case Study from Postcolonial Pakistan
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The book charts the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact that it has had on the lives of young people and their communities, education systems, the teaching profession, and the responses by governments, NGOs, and donor organisations in Pakistan. Drawing on theories of postcolonialism, feminism, and neoliberal globalisation, the authors explore the development of Pakistan as a postcolonial nation-state, and examine the legacies of colonialism in education systems and policies, teacher education and development. The Pakistani authors bring extensive knowledge and experience to this case study of the ‘broken promise’ of education for sustainable development. This mix of theoretical insight and practical experience promises to produce significant policy and development impact in post-COVID-19 Pakistan, South Asia more broadly, and in other postcolonial development contexts around the world as it develops a critique of the UN SDGs as a global and more local framework for development.
UPCOMING: Webinar / Launch 10th of May:COVID-19 and the (broken) promise of education for sustainable development: A case study from postcolonial Pakistan.
UPCOMING: Webinar / Launch 10th of May:COVID-19 and the (broken) promise of education for sustainable development: A case study from postcolonial Pakistan.
A Case Study from Postcolonial Pakistan
Authors:
, , , , , and
The book charts the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact that it has had on the lives of young people and their communities, education systems, the teaching profession, and the responses by governments, NGOs, and donor organisations in Pakistan. Drawing on theories of postcolonialism, feminism, and neoliberal globalisation, the authors explore the development of Pakistan as a postcolonial nation-state, and examine the legacies of colonialism in education systems and policies, teacher education and development. The Pakistani authors bring extensive knowledge and experience to this case study of the ‘broken promise’ of education for sustainable development. This mix of theoretical insight and practical experience promises to produce significant policy and development impact in post-COVID-19 Pakistan, South Asia more broadly, and in other postcolonial development contexts around the world as it develops a critique of the UN SDGs as a global and more local framework for development.
UPCOMING: Webinar / Launch 10th of May:COVID-19 and the (broken) promise of education for sustainable development: A case study from postcolonial Pakistan.
UPCOMING: Webinar / Launch 10th of May:COVID-19 and the (broken) promise of education for sustainable development: A case study from postcolonial Pakistan.
Abstract
In this chapter, we discuss a place-based action research project with neurodiverse young people, support agencies, governments and businesses in Melbourne’s Outer Northern Suburbs. The aims of the project included developing young people’s capabilities in Co-Design for Diversity and Inclusion, evaluating their progress in a series of capability and capacity-building milestone meetings, and awarding, if appropriate, a community based micro-credential. In identifying and analysing the educational innovation promised by this approach, we discuss how we created and captured shared social, cultural, and economic value for them and their community.