Evolving Identities

Childhood and Education in the Kashmir Valley
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-10968-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This book analyses the internalization of conflict in the minds of children living and growing up in the Kashmir valley, and its effect on their identity formation and Schooling. It integrates the socio-cultural, socio-political, geo-political, and psycho-social contexts to understand the unfolding of childhood amid conflicts.

This volume highlights the socio-cultural context, amidst which children live in Kashmir, which influences the way they look at, interpret, and give meaning to their everyday environment – be it rural, urban, peaceful, violent, within or away from family. This forms a significant part of how children’s lives are negotiated in Kashmir. It deliberates upon the interplay between conflict, education, and identity during the childhood years, especially since the traditional education systems tend to neglect the experiences of children amid conflict. It also explores how children imitate, observe, and reflect on the conflicts in their surroundings.

The book will interest scholars and researchers from the departments of education, sociology, social work, political science, peace and conflict studies, and South Asian studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sharma, Navneet

Mir, Showkat

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Erziehungsberatung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Kindergarten & Vorschule
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Context-Conflict and Education  2. The Kashmir Quagmire and Schooling  3. The Kashmiri Learner: Being a Student in Kashmir  4. The Educational Milieu: Parenting and Teaching in Kashmir  5. Schools, Identity (ies) and Indigenous articulations

Über Autor(innen)

Showkat Ahmad Mir, PhD from the Department of Education, School of Education, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala. He has a post-graduate degree in Education from Central University of Jammu, India. He received his doctorate in Education from Central University of Himachal Pradesh, India. His PhD work focued on the theme “Identity and Education: A Study of Childhood in Kashmir Valley”. He has published various articles in Journals of International repute like Asian Ethnicity and Sinectica. He regularly contributes to the Daily Guardian, Kashmir Observer and Tameel-e-Irshad and Nook-e-Qalam.

Navneet Sharma, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education, School of Education, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala. His areas of interest are Philosophy of Education, Educational Theory, and Social Science Education. He has post-graduate degrees in Philosophy and Education. He has pre-doctoral and Doctoral degrees in Education from the University of Delhi, Delhi, India. He has published around two dozen research articles in Journals of International repute like Asian Ethnicity and Sinectica. He regularly contributes to all leading dailies in English and Hindi like The Hindu, The Indian Express, The Tribune, The Deccan Herald, The Telegraph, Jansatta, Rashtriya Sahara, Navbharat Times etc.