The politics and pedagogy of war remembrance. (November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Danilova, Nataliya; Dolan, Emma
• Is Part Of: Childhood. Volume 27:Number 4(2020:Nov.)
• Page Start: 498
• Page End: 513
• Publication Date: 2020-11
• Subjects: Education -- emotions -- gender -- militarisation -- performance -- remembrance -- war; Children -- Periodicals; Child development -- Periodicals; Children -- Research -- Periodicals; 305.23
• DOI: 10.1177/0907568220921226
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0907-5682

Abstract

Drawing on analysis of learning materials, interviews and ethnographic observations of Scottish education, we analyse how projects aimed at teaching children to remember wars instil war-normalising logics through (a) substitution of self-reflective study of conflict with skill-based knowledge; (b) gendered and racial stereotyping via emphasis on soldier-centric (Scottish/British) nationalisms, localisation and depoliticisation of remembrance; (c) affective meaning-making and embodied performance of 'Our War'. Utilising Ranciere-inspired critical pedagogy, we explore opportunities for critical engagement with the legacy of conflicts.