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Decolonising Schools in South Africa: The Impossible Dream?

Decolonising Schools in South Africa: The Impossible Dream?

Christie, Pam

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Research on Decoloniality and New Postcolonialisms

African HistoryGeography

ISBN10: 0367425750
ISBN13: 9780367425753
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jul 7 2020
Pages: 216
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book explores the challenge of dismantling colonial schooling and how entangled power relations of the past have lingered in post-apartheid South Africa.

It examines the 'on the ground' history of colonialism from the vantage point of a small town in the Karoo region, showing how patterns of possession and dispossession have played out in the municipality and schools. Using the strong political and ontological critique of decoloniality theories, the book demonstrates the ways in which government interventions over many years have allowed colonial relations and the construction of racialised differences to linger in new forms, including unequal access to schooling. Written in an accessible style, the book considers how the dream of decolonial schooling might be realised, from the vantage point of research on the margins. This Karoo region also offers an interesting case study as the site where the world's largest radio telescope was recently located and highlights the contrasting logics of international 'big science' and local development needs.

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