Abstract
There is more to urban education across the South Pacific than its geography might first admit. The homes of South Pacific Ocean peoples are immense; all made possible by their capabilities for long ocean voyages using the stars and currents to navigate. They themselves represent a vast constellation of hospitable and generous peoples spanning Polynesia and Melanesia. Moreover, the South Pacific has long been part of the urban education of Europeans and North Americans. For the purposes of this chapter urban education is defined as the production and circulation of knowledge for metropolitan populations via an interconnected set of intellectual projects that proceed in unpredictable directions from various geographical points. The spatial distribution of the intellectual resources constituting urban education extends beyond the boundaries of Euro-American post/colonial spheres of influence. This definition opens up possibilities for activating and mobilising theoretic-linguistic knowledge produced through non-Western intellectual cultures. No doubt, this definition challenges the ways in which the South Pacific Ocean peoples are unequally installed in the post-Cold War geo-political ordering of knowledge of urban education.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Second International Handbook of Urban Education |
Editors | William T. Pink, George W. Noblit |
Place of Publication | Switzerland |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 913-932 |
Number of pages | 20 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319403175 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783319403151 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- Oceania
- education, urban
- knowledge