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- One of the few ethnographic studies of schooling outside of an urban center in Russia
- Unravels how schooling and identity construction in Tatarstan are shaped by dynamic relationships between and amongst several parties, from families to educations and peers
- Examines attempts to preserve and transmit ethnic culture in authentic ways in a multi-ethnic setting where identity, language, and religion are intertwined with schooling
Part of the book series: Anthropological Studies of Education (ASE)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Through an ethnographic study of schooling in the Republic of Tatarstan, this book explores how competing notions of nationhood and belonging are constructed, articulated and negotiated within educational spaces. Amidst major political and ideological moves toward centralization in Russia under the Putin presidency, this small provincial town in Tatarstan provides a unique case of local attempts to promote and preserve minority languages and cultures through education and schooling. Ultimately, the study reveals that while schooling can be an effective instrument of the state to transform individuals as well as society as a whole, school also encompasses various spaces where the agency of local actors unfolds and official messages are contested. Looking at what happens inside schools and beyond—in classrooms, hallways and playgrounds to private households or local Islamic schools—Dilyara Suleymanova here offers a detailed ethnographic account of the way centrally devised educationalpolicies are being received, negotiated and contested on the ground.
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Dilyara Suleymanova
About the author
Dilyara Suleymanova is a research fellow at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland. She has published on issues of education, politics of identity, language revitalization, online social networks, Islamic education, extremism and conflict.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pedagogies of Culture
Book Subtitle: Schooling and Identity in Post-Soviet Tatarstan, Russia
Authors: Dilyara Suleymanova
Series Title: Anthropological Studies of Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27245-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27244-9Published: 15 February 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27247-0Published: 26 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-27245-6Published: 14 February 2020
Series ISSN: 2946-3033
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3041
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 203
Number of Illustrations: 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Social Anthropology, Ethnography, Linguistic Anthropology, Sociology of Education