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Performing citizenship down under: educating the activist citizen
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posted on 2023-06-09, 04:44 authored by B Wood, R BlackIn democracies such as Australia and New Zealand, education policy increasingly seeks to foster active citizens who are committed to social justice and change. Whilst many aspects of these initiatives are to be applauded for their commitment to empowering young people, in this paper we describe some of the ambiguities that attend young people’s experiences of civic engagement and active citizenship. In doing so, we draw on Isin’s (2008) reconceptualization of citizenship as something that is, above all, performed or enacted. Isin’s focus is upon ‘acts of citizenship’ which he argues are best understood by examining their grounds, effects and consequences. Drawing on illustrations of young people’s global and local citizenship actions in schools in Australia and New Zealand, we examine some of the contradictions and tensions that lie within the enactment of such ‘performed’ curricula. We conclude by reflecting on the opportunities that exist within school and community spaces for the active citizen to perform acts of citizenship.
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Journal of social science educationVolume
13Season
Winter 2014Pagination
56-65Location
Koln, GermanyPublisher DOI
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1618-5293Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2014, JSSEIssue
4Publisher
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