"I want to be respected": Migration, mobility and the construction of alternate educational discourses in rural Bangladesh

Rao, Nitya ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6318-0147 and Hossain, Munshi Israil (2012) "I want to be respected": Migration, mobility and the construction of alternate educational discourses in rural Bangladesh. Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 43 (4). pp. 415-428.

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Abstract

In a context of globalization, individual aspirations transcend the local as people seek to move to distant locations to fulfill their own as well as larger social expectations. Formal schooling often does not lead to the acquisition of appropriate knowledge or relevant skills to attaining these aspirations, making students opt for vocational or other specialist skills. Based on empirical research in Bangladesh, this paper explores the meanings of learning, both formal and informal, for young men aspiring to social and economic mobility. Theoretically, the paper demonstrates the ways in which learning is situated within social institutions and the power relationships therein and constituted jointly by the agent, the activity, and the larger global context.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	migration,skills,learning,mobility,bangladesh
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Literacy and Development Group Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Health and Disease Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Depositing User:	Abigail Dalgleish
Date Deposited:	06 Apr 2011 13:26
Last Modified:	15 Jun 2023 06:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/28208
DOI:	10.1111/j.1548-1492.2012.01194.x

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