Memories, the Everyday and territories: Malvinas in Argentinian secondary schools
Objective: To reflect on the way geopolitics and memories of the Malvinas as historical geopolitical events are encountered in the classroom. Method: This article analyses a set of interviews undertaken with secondary school students and teachers in Río Gallegos and Santa Fe, Argentina, during 2014...
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| author | Alejandro F. Gasel Matthew C. Benwell |
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| description | Objective: To reflect on the way geopolitics and memories of the Malvinas as historical geopolitical events are encountered in the classroom. Method: This article analyses a set of interviews undertaken with secondary school students and teachers in Río Gallegos and Santa Fe, Argentina, during 2014 and 2015. Results: The paper considers the secondary school as a fundamental site for talking about and debating the Malvinas issue; within this site, the Malvinas is examined by teachers and students during lessons and school rituals such as ceremonies, exhibitions or informal discussions. While analysing the interviews, the domestic environment also emerged as a significant space where the Malvinas was discussed. Such encounters with family members in the home sensitised students to the significance of everyday reminders of geopolitics embodied through fashion, aesthetics and political conversations which, for teachers, served as initial points of discussion in classes on the Malvinas. Conclusion: This research prompts us to continue reflecting upon the relationship between geopolitical events (past and present) and daily life, while calling for increased attention to how geopolitics might be engaged in the domestic environment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f19f39a79e4a4b1f88b124d37e9900c72022-12-21T23:35:26ZengUniversidad Católica Luis AmigóRevista Colombiana de Ciencias Sociales2216-12012017-01-01818910810.21501/22161201.19421660Memories, the Everyday and territories: Malvinas in Argentinian secondary schoolsAlejandro F. Gasel0Matthew C. Benwell1Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia AustralNewcastle UniversityObjective: To reflect on the way geopolitics and memories of the Malvinas as historical geopolitical events are encountered in the classroom. Method: This article analyses a set of interviews undertaken with secondary school students and teachers in Río Gallegos and Santa Fe, Argentina, during 2014 and 2015. Results: The paper considers the secondary school as a fundamental site for talking about and debating the Malvinas issue; within this site, the Malvinas is examined by teachers and students during lessons and school rituals such as ceremonies, exhibitions or informal discussions. While analysing the interviews, the domestic environment also emerged as a significant space where the Malvinas was discussed. Such encounters with family members in the home sensitised students to the significance of everyday reminders of geopolitics embodied through fashion, aesthetics and political conversations which, for teachers, served as initial points of discussion in classes on the Malvinas. Conclusion: This research prompts us to continue reflecting upon the relationship between geopolitical events (past and present) and daily life, while calling for increased attention to how geopolitics might be engaged in the domestic environment.http://www.funlam.edu.co/revistas/index.php/RCCS/article/view/1942memoriaterritoriosMalvinasprofesoresestudiantes |
| spellingShingle | Alejandro F. Gasel Matthew C. Benwell Memories, the Everyday and territories: Malvinas in Argentinian secondary schools Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Sociales memoria territorios Malvinas profesores estudiantes |
| title | Memories, the Everyday and territories: Malvinas in Argentinian secondary schools |
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| title_short | Memories, the Everyday and territories: Malvinas in Argentinian secondary schools |
| title_sort | memories the everyday and territories malvinas in argentinian secondary schools |
| topic | memoria territorios Malvinas profesores estudiantes |
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