Politicising ESE in postcolonial settings: the power of historical responsibility, action and ethnography.
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Sutoris, Peter https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3801-7951
Abstract
This article argues that the mission of Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE) is inherently political and that, by not acknowledging this, ESE interventions risk becoming part of the problem of sustainability rather than the solution. The article offersa theoretical framework for thinking about the (de)politicising effects of ESE rooted in three key elements: historical responsibility, action and the postcolonial condition. This framework builds on Ricoeur's phenomenology, Arendt's theory of action and the work of postcolonial scholars in arguing for a grounded understanding of ESE, which necessitates the use of ethnographic methods in ESE research.
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Arendt, India, Politics of education, Ricoeur, South Africa, action, ethnography, historical responsibility, phenomenology, postcoloniality
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Environ Educ Res
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1350-4622
1469-5871
1469-5871
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25
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Informa UK Limited