'The fruit caught between two stones': the conflicted position of teachers within Aceh's independence struggle†. (2nd July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lopes Cardozo, Mieke T.A.; Shah, Ritesh
• Is Part Of: Globalisation, societies and education. Volume 14:Number 3(2016)
• Page Start: 331
• Page End: 344
• Publication Date: 2016-07-02
• Subjects: Teachers -- conflict -- Aceh -- peace-building -- education -- Indonesia; Globalization -- Periodicals; Globalization -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Education -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Education -- Economic aspects -- Periodicals; Education and state -- Periodicals; Educational sociology -- Periodicals; International education -- Periodicals; 379
• DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2016.1145572
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1476-7724

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper explores the challenging situation faced by teachers as professionals and members of the community in Aceh, Indonesia during the province's civil war. It reveals how teachers' sense of agency during this period was deeply influenced by the economic/material, political and socio-cultural condition at that time – conditions and experiences which today have bearing on a place for teachers in the post-conflict peace-building process occurring in the province. During the conflict, teachers struggled to balance their strategic societal positioning – as civil servants and community members – and found themselves caught in the middle of a complex range of hegemonic and counter-hegemonic forces at play. This position of constraint, we argue, limited the ability of teachers to act as peace-builders during the conflict, and continues to influence teachers' ability to function in such ways today.