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This book is an ethnographic study in cultural politics that aims to analyse the geopolitically significant Mizo society in transition through the lens of education both in the context of the numerically dominant tribe, the Mizo, and the smaller tribes inhabiting southern Mizoram. With rich ethnographical data, the author brings community, state and culture centre-stage, along with family, social stratification and access to education in Mizoram. One of the first studies of its kind, the book engages with issues of inclusion and exclusion as lived experiences; argues for a re-viewing of school education, pointing to the dilemmas of development in the North-East, and possible ways out of the impasse.
Marking a significant departure from conventional thinking on education as ‘human capital’ as reflected in the Government of India’s ‘North-East Vision: 2020’, the book strongly advocates the need for critical pedagogies based on interrogating the ‘givens’, learning from conflict, inculcating the values of tolerance and compassion as precursors to peace, and reconceptualising ‘development’ not merely as ‘economic’ but as an indicator of national happiness and valuing lives equally, thus marking a break from the much-resented paternalism that underpins most state interventions in education.
ISBN - 9780415589208
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Pages : 281
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