'For a better future': Education and unstable future-making in Nepal
Universal schooling has long been considered imperative in attaining better future; both for the state and its people, especially in the Global South. This presentation traces these narratives of ‘better future’ in education, uncertainty of this imagined future, and its implications for the projects of state-making and self-making. I’ll draw on my fieldwork in one ‘model’ government school and its students, in the post-2015-earthquake context of Nepal, to elaborate on hopes and uncertainties attached to imagining a future through education.
Date:
11 February 2020, 14:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Hilary 2020)
Venue:
St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details:
Syndicate Room, Old Main Building (Basement)
Speaker:
Uma Pradhan
Organising department:
Asian Studies Centre
Organiser contact email address:
asian@sant.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Clare Salter
