“Em Moçambique... Epa, porra! Os Filhos dos Dirigentes Tinham uma Escola!” – Memórias de três gerações e suas narrativas escolares em África subsariana

In this article it is argued that school, in a post-colonial context, is a space that (re)produces social inequalities. School is an institution that reproduces culture, a place of power in which reality is socially constructed by an elite that has been growing since colonial times until nowadays. S...

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Main Author: Xénia de Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa 2020-06-01
Series:Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cea/4997
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description In this article it is argued that school, in a post-colonial context, is a space that (re)produces social inequalities. School is an institution that reproduces culture, a place of power in which reality is socially constructed by an elite that has been growing since colonial times until nowadays. School, in post-colonial settings, follows a Western European model and system of education. Looking at the last four decades of education in Mozambique, framed in three specific ideological and political periods, using ethnography and collection of life histories over three generations, this article aims to contribute for an understanding of learning in school as an institution, and how it contributes for the emancipation of social actors.
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spelling doaj.art-7a751079b504431ebee3e36b86ce5e3d2024-02-13T15:52:18ZengInstituto Universitário de LisboaCadernos de Estudos Africanos1645-37942182-74002020-06-013916118510.4000/cea.4997“Em Moçambique... Epa, porra! Os Filhos dos Dirigentes Tinham uma Escola!” – Memórias de três gerações e suas narrativas escolares em África subsarianaXénia de CarvalhoIn this article it is argued that school, in a post-colonial context, is a space that (re)produces social inequalities. School is an institution that reproduces culture, a place of power in which reality is socially constructed by an elite that has been growing since colonial times until nowadays. School, in post-colonial settings, follows a Western European model and system of education. Looking at the last four decades of education in Mozambique, framed in three specific ideological and political periods, using ethnography and collection of life histories over three generations, this article aims to contribute for an understanding of learning in school as an institution, and how it contributes for the emancipation of social actors.https://journals.openedition.org/cea/4997Mozambiquegenerationcritical pedagogyethnographylife storiesnarrative
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“Em Moçambique... Epa, porra! Os Filhos dos Dirigentes Tinham uma Escola!” – Memórias de três gerações e suas narrativas escolares em África subsariana
Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
Mozambique
generation
critical pedagogy
ethnography
life stories
narrative
title “Em Moçambique... Epa, porra! Os Filhos dos Dirigentes Tinham uma Escola!” – Memórias de três gerações e suas narrativas escolares em África subsariana
title_full “Em Moçambique... Epa, porra! Os Filhos dos Dirigentes Tinham uma Escola!” – Memórias de três gerações e suas narrativas escolares em África subsariana
title_fullStr “Em Moçambique... Epa, porra! Os Filhos dos Dirigentes Tinham uma Escola!” – Memórias de três gerações e suas narrativas escolares em África subsariana
title_full_unstemmed “Em Moçambique... Epa, porra! Os Filhos dos Dirigentes Tinham uma Escola!” – Memórias de três gerações e suas narrativas escolares em África subsariana
title_short “Em Moçambique... Epa, porra! Os Filhos dos Dirigentes Tinham uma Escola!” – Memórias de três gerações e suas narrativas escolares em África subsariana
title_sort em mocambique epa porra os filhos dos dirigentes tinham uma escola memorias de tres geracoes e suas narrativas escolares em africa subsariana
topic Mozambique
generation
critical pedagogy
ethnography
life stories
narrative
url https://journals.openedition.org/cea/4997
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