TY - JOUR
T1 - Topographies of power
T2 - a critical historical geography of schooling in Tanzania
AU - Vavrus, Frances
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/4/2
Y1 - 2016/4/2
N2 - This article builds a case for critical historical geography in comparative education to examine how, over time, the social production of space contributes to educational disparity. It draws on Gupta and Ferguson's contrasting concepts of the ‘power of topography’ and the ‘topography of power’ and Lefebvre's tripartite theory of space to explore space–time relationships at multiple scales in Tanzania. Data come from primary and secondary historical texts about the Kilimanjaro Region as well as a longitudinal study carried out between 2000 and 2012 in two districts in the region. The analysis shows how advantage and disadvantage are differentially distributed over time and space, revealing the enduring interconnections of geography, history, and political power in postcolonial states and the importance of multi-scalar comparative research in comparative education.
AB - This article builds a case for critical historical geography in comparative education to examine how, over time, the social production of space contributes to educational disparity. It draws on Gupta and Ferguson's contrasting concepts of the ‘power of topography’ and the ‘topography of power’ and Lefebvre's tripartite theory of space to explore space–time relationships at multiple scales in Tanzania. Data come from primary and secondary historical texts about the Kilimanjaro Region as well as a longitudinal study carried out between 2000 and 2012 in two districts in the region. The analysis shows how advantage and disadvantage are differentially distributed over time and space, revealing the enduring interconnections of geography, history, and political power in postcolonial states and the importance of multi-scalar comparative research in comparative education.
KW - Chagga
KW - Geography of education
KW - Kilimanjaro
KW - Tanzania
KW - critical history
KW - spatial theory
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U2 - 10.1080/03050068.2015.1112567
DO - 10.1080/03050068.2015.1112567
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84948799152
SN - 0305-0068
VL - 52
SP - 136
EP - 156
JO - Comparative Education
JF - Comparative Education
IS - 2
ER -