Indigenous Women and Adult Learning

This edited book explores the significant learning experiences of indigenous women in terms of policy directions, research agendas, and their own aspirations. It challenges the dominant deficit discourse of indigenous women and highlights their marginalizations and multiple discriminations. The chapters draw on ethnographic research in Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Mexico, Nepal, Peru, and the Philippines and engage with indigenous womens learning from the perspectives of rights, gender equality, and cultural, linguistic, and ontological diversity. The book investigates intergenerational and intercultural learning, indigenous womens agency, and power in the face of complex and dynamic changing social, physical, economic, and cultural environments.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 166 pages
Publication date: 25 September 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

In the realm of contemporary educational research, practice, and policy, indigenous women have garnered significant attention within the global education landscape, particularly as highlighted in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. This edited volume delves into the profound significance of indigenous women and their educational experiences, exploring policy directions, research agendas, and, most importantly, their own aspirations.

The book undertakes a critical examination of contemporary education policies and challenges the prevailing narrative of indigenous women as vulnerable. Instead, it sheds light on the marginalizations and multiple discriminations faced by indigenous women as individuals, as women, and as indigenous women. The chapters draw upon ethnographic research conducted in Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Mexico, Nepal, Peru, and the Philippines, engaging with indigenous womens learning perspectives from the realms of rights, gender equality, and cultural, linguistic, and ontological diversity.

The book explores intergenerational and intercultural learning, as well as indigenous womens agency and power in the face of complex and ever-evolving social, physical, economic, and cultural environments. The grounded ethnographic chapters provide vivid illustrations of indigenous womens diverse historical and contemporary experiences of inequalities, opportunities, and formal education, highlighting how these factors shape their strengths, learning aspirations, and approaches to learning. Moreover, they shed light on the values, demands, desires, and practices that inform their lives and educational endeavors.

Chapters 1 to 6 and 8 in this book were originally published in a special issue of the journal Studies in the Education of Adults.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367517069