TY - JOUR
T1 - A Part But Apart
T2 - Discursive Explorations of the University as Contested Space in Kenya
AU - Johnson, Ane Turner
AU - Singleton, Dawn S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/10/2
Y1 - 2015/10/2
N2 - Despite increasing interest in education and conflict in sub-Saharan Africa, little is known about how universities and their constituents experience and make meaning of violence. This paper sought to capture university participants’ sense of belongingness and attachment to the university space resulting from experiences with ethnic conflict in Western Kenya. This paper uses discourse analysis to elicit linguistic constructions of context, contestation, and identity. Three discourses emerged from interview transcripts when treated as text: the regulation of identities, being a part but apart, and campus as contested space. These discourses are characterized by descriptions of perceptions and symbolic norms, belongingness and non-belongingness, and place-work strategies employed by community constituents, both within and without the university. The findings have important implications for understanding the politicization of identity and place in times of conflict.
AB - Despite increasing interest in education and conflict in sub-Saharan Africa, little is known about how universities and their constituents experience and make meaning of violence. This paper sought to capture university participants’ sense of belongingness and attachment to the university space resulting from experiences with ethnic conflict in Western Kenya. This paper uses discourse analysis to elicit linguistic constructions of context, contestation, and identity. Three discourses emerged from interview transcripts when treated as text: the regulation of identities, being a part but apart, and campus as contested space. These discourses are characterized by descriptions of perceptions and symbolic norms, belongingness and non-belongingness, and place-work strategies employed by community constituents, both within and without the university. The findings have important implications for understanding the politicization of identity and place in times of conflict.
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U2 - 10.1080/15595692.2015.1044086
DO - 10.1080/15595692.2015.1044086
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84944312151
SN - 1559-5692
VL - 9
SP - 237
EP - 252
JO - Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education
JF - Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education
IS - 4
ER -