Acknowledging ambivalence in a multicultural neighbourhood: in search of an educational space in narrative practices
(2012) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFELONG EDUCATION. 31(1). p.33-45- abstract
- In this article, we focus on narrative practices in adult education in Flanders (the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium), and reflect on a current project in a multicultural neighbourhood that is socially and economically marked by poverty and where turbulence and conflict are rife amongst local inhabitants. While adult education aims to energize the process of learning to live together in this urban context by making sense of individual narratives of local inhabitants, there is a lack of insight into the actual dynamics that are stimulated. We explore how narrative practices can open up and shape an educational space in which citizens can express their ambivalence about living together in diversity and plurality. Inspired by Paulo Freire, we argue that these narrative practices can create possibilities for the reinvention and re-imagination of a democratic society.
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- author
- Griet Roets UGent, Joke Vandenabeele and Maria De Bie
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- year
- 2012
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- journalArticle (original)
- publication status
- published
- subject
- journal title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFELONG EDUCATION
- Int. J. Lifelong Educ.
- volume
- 31
- issue
- 1
- issue title
- Learning to live together in Diverse Cities: Educational and socio-geographical perspectives
- pages
- 33 - 45
- ISSN
- 0260-1370
- DOI
- 10.1080/02601370.2012.636584
- language
- English
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- yes
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- A2
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- I have retained and own the full copyright for this publication
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- c:vabb:336203
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- http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-1985437
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- 2012-01-13 10:11:26
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- Chicago
- Roets, Griet, Joke Vandenabeele, and Maria De Bie. 2012. “Acknowledging Ambivalence in a Multicultural Neighbourhood: In Search of an Educational Space in Narrative Practices.” International Journal of Lifelong Education 31 (1): 33–45.
- APA
- Roets, G., Vandenabeele, J., & De Bie, M. (2012). Acknowledging ambivalence in a multicultural neighbourhood: in search of an educational space in narrative practices. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFELONG EDUCATION, 31(1), 33–45.
- Vancouver
- 1.Roets G, Vandenabeele J, De Bie M. Acknowledging ambivalence in a multicultural neighbourhood: in search of an educational space in narrative practices. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFELONG EDUCATION. 2012;31(1):33–45.
- MLA
- Roets, Griet, Joke Vandenabeele, and Maria De Bie. “Acknowledging Ambivalence in a Multicultural Neighbourhood: In Search of an Educational Space in Narrative Practices.” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFELONG EDUCATION 31.1 (2012): 33–45. Print.