Reimagining Utopias : theory and method for educational research in post-socialist contexts / edited by Iveta Silova (Arizona State University, USA), Noah W. Sobe (Loyola University Chicago, USA), Alla Korzh (School for International Training Graduate Institute, World Learning, USA) and Serhiy Kovalchuk (University of Toronto, Canada).
2017
LB1028.27.C725
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Reimagining Utopias : theory and method for educational research in post-socialist contexts / edited by Iveta Silova (Arizona State University, USA), Noah W. Sobe (Loyola University Chicago, USA), Alla Korzh (School for International Training Graduate Institute, World Learning, USA) and Serhiy Kovalchuk (University of Toronto, Canada).
ISBN
9789463510110 (electronic book)
9463510117 (electronic book)
9463510117 (electronic book)
Published
Rotterdam, The Netherlands : Sense Publishers, [2017]
Copyright
©2017
Language
English
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LB1028.27.C725
Dewey Decimal Classification
370.720171/7
Summary
Reimaginig Utopias explores the shifting social imaginaries of post-socialist transformations to understand what happens when the new and old utopias of post-socialism confront the new and old utopias of social science. This peer-reviewed volume addresses the theoretical, methodological, and ethical dilemmas encountered by researchers in the social sciences as they plan and conduct education research in post-socialist settings, as well as disseminate their research findings. Through an interdisciplinary inquiry that spans the fields of education, political science, sociology, anthropology, and history, the book explores three broad questions: How can we (re)imagine research to articulate new theoretical insights about post-socialist education transformations in the context of globalization? How can we (re)imagine methods to pursue alternative ways of producing knowledge? And how can we navigate various ethical dilemmas in light of academic expectations and fieldwork realities? Drawing on case studies, conceptual and theoretical essays, autoethnographic accounts, as well as synthetic introductory and conclusion chapters by the editors, this book advances an important conversation about these complicated questions in geopolitical settings ranging from post-socialist Africa to Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The contributors not only expose the limits of Western conceptual frameworks and research methods for understanding post-socialist transformations, but also engage creatively in addressing the persisting problems of knowledge hierarchies created by abstract universals, epistemic difference, and geographical distance inherent in comparative and international education research. This book challenges the readers to question the existing education narratives and rethink taken-for-granted beliefs, theoretical paradigms, and methodological frameworks in order to reimagine the world in more complex and pluriversal ways.
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Silova, Iveta, editor.
Sobe, Noah W., 1971- editor.
Korzh, Alla, editor.
Kovalchuk, Serhiy, editor.
Sobe, Noah W., 1971- editor.
Korzh, Alla, editor.
Kovalchuk, Serhiy, editor.
Series
Bold visions in educational research ; Volume 55.
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