Mary Searle-Chatterjee

An Early Venture in Decolonization - British Students at Indian and South Asian Universities (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Timely in its contribution to on-going debates on the decolonization of education, this novel volume charts the development of a scheme of postgraduate transnational education that saw British students sent to Indian and South Asian Universities while political decolonization was still ongoing.

Representing the first book-length publication focused entirely on the educational effects of this aspect of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Scheme, chapters are based on the personal narratives of 40 learners, providing a rich historical, qualitative study which sets the students' experiences in their social and economic context. Demonstrating the changes that took place over time, chapters engage with debates about overt and implicit forms of colonial thinking, as well as discussion concerning cultural and educational decolonization within the academy. Ultimately, this compelling book demonstrates that educational decolonization goes beyond a mere awareness of imperialism and inequalities, instead reaching further towards a genuine, humanist engagement with other cultures.

Offering a first-hand account of an early decolonial venture, the book will be invaluable to academics, postgraduate students and scholars interested in decolonizing and international education, as well as in South Asian Studies. Policy makers in international educational contexts may also find the volume useful.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040333365
• Artikelnr.: 73309722

Autorenporträt

Mary Searle-Chatterjee is a retired Social Anthropologist and lecturer in South Asian Studies, as well as author and editor of academic books on India. She co-edited Religion, Language and Power (2008) with Nile Green.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: BACKGROUND
1. Introduction
2. 1961 The Commonwealth Scholarship scheme begins
3. Student funding and geo-politics
PART II: THE STUDENTS AND THEIR CONTEXTS - THE 1960s AND EARLY 1970s
4. The scheme gathers pace as the 1960s proceed
5. Indian Philosophy, Religion and Sanskrit
6. Sociological and anthropological research
7. Studying subcontinental history
PART III: THE STUDENTS AND THEIR CONTEXTS IN THE 1970s
8. Studying architecture and music
9. Buddhist Studies and Ceylon/Sri Lanka
PART IV: THE STUDENTS AND THEIR CONTEXTS IN THE 1980s AND 1990s
10. The polarization of the era is reflected in some of the students
11. Studying art
12. Studying art the Baroda University Faculty of Fine Arts 1982-5
13. Studying art the Baroda University Faculty of Fine Arts 1986-89
14. The scheme moves towards its end: the 1990s
PART V
SPECIAL CASES PERHAPS
15. Studying science in the subcontinent
16. Students of South Asian heritage or ancestry
PART VI: REFLECTIONS
17. Changing motivations over forty years
18. Learning from Indians and South Asians
Index