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SEN Journal Online Exclusives – ‘Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Education’ (3): Education as site of ethnic discontent in Chile

Next up in our special series on Nationalism and Education, from the SEN Online archives we have…

“Mapuche Demands during Educational Reform, the Penguin Revolution and the Chilean Winter of Discontent”, by Andrew Webb and Sarah Radcliffe (Volume 13, Issue 3, December 2013, 319-341), which deals with the inequalities in the Chilean education system as both a socio-economic and national problem.

‘Student protests in 2006 and 2011 are representative of growing public concerns over the neo-liberal socio-economic model adopted by respective governments since the military regime ended in 1990. Education has also become a contested space in which the recognition of indigenous rights – and cultural and linguistic diversity in particular – have been negotiated. This paper presents an analysis of the history of Mapuche struggles over education, in light of recent neoliberal reforms and political protests. Reforms to address large achievement differentials among indigenous populations have come through proposals for Intercultural Bilingual Education (IBE) in Chile and these, we suggest, have challenged the hegemonic education system and its assimilatory mechanisms. However its current administration reflects minimal commitments to indigenous rights and only the thinnest recognition of cultural difference. Instead the status quo of mono-cultural and mono-linguistic Chilean nationalism continues to be transmitted via the national curriculum.’

Special ASEN Seminar on ‘Ethnicity, Nationlism, and Education’ – Watch this Space!

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On January 29th 2014 ASEN will be holding a special seminar on ‘Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Education’ at the London School of Economics and Political Science, linked to SEN AND SEN Online’s ongoing special focus on this theme.

Watch this space for updates as they become available, including the special seminar poster.

SEN Journal Online Exclusives – ‘Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Education’ (2): Art Education and National Identity in Late Nineteenth Century Denmark

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Next up in our special series on Nationalism and Education, from the SEN Online archives we have…

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‘Pedagogy, Provocation, and Paradox: Denmark’s Kunstnernes Studieskole’, by Kerry Greaves (Volume 13, Issue 3, December 2013, 373-393), which deals with the role of late nineteenth century Danish art education in forming a specifically Danish form of modernism, influenced by the prevailing social-democratic ideas of the period.

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‘The last two decades of the nineteenth century witnessed an apparent revolution in art education in Denmark with the establishment of the ‘Free Schools’, a group of alternative schools that provided students with a choice other than the Royal Academy. The most important of these schools, Kunstnernes Studieskole (The Artists’ Study School, established 1882), was subsidised by the government and headed by Laurits Tuxen, P. S. Krøyer and Kristian Zahrtmann, Academy-trained artists who modeled the school’s education on the French atelier system. The debate that formed the Study School was at its core one of democratisation, which was perceived to be synonymous with international modernism. Yet its artists functioned within a network of fluid roles designed to openly augment the existing pedagogical structure from within—a specifically Danish phenomenon. This article proposes an alternative framework for late-nineteenth-century Danish art education systems that situates the Study School within the context of Danish culture and as an extension of the social democratic tendencies proliferating at this time, which were significantly influenced by the preacher N. F. S. Grundtvig. Danish artists’ actual situation had more to do with assimilating a myriad of local and international impulses into a specifically Danish version of modernism.’

Scotland and Secessionist Movements: The Political Process

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We have some great content lined up in this series including an interview with Professor David McCrone , co-director of the Institute of Governance at Edinburgh University, and a piece from Professor Daniele Conversi , Research Professor at the University of the Basque Country and the Ikerbasque Foundation for Science. The pieces will take us from the particular topic that is Scottish nationalism to the wider question of secessionist politics.

In the meantime, we have prepared a short infographic which will guide you through the political history of Scotland’s entry into the United Kingdom and the contentious status of that Union.

Scotland and Secessionist Movemements

You can read more about the events listed above in the following links:

King James VI and I	The Act of Union
Scotland’s referendums	The Scotland Act 1998
A National Conversation	A National Conversation
The Edinburgh Agreement	José Manuel Barroso’s letter
UK Government’s legal opinion on Barroso’s claim	The Referendum Bill Committee

Scotland and Secessionist Movements: Overview

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An important process of secessionist politics is happening right at SEN’s doorstep. The Scottish Nationalist Party (the SNP), now in power ‘up north’, has reached an agreement with the Westminster government that it can go ahead and hold a referendum with regards to Scotland’s independence. This spring, the Bill for a Referendum is being presented at the parliament in Edinburgh. The gaze of Europe’s other secessionist movements cannot but be fixed on what happens next. 2013 is the year this process will play out in the media and in the chambers of government. Hence, we present our new series on Scotland and secessionist movements in which we will share key documents relevant to this bit of nationalist politics. We will point you to the best sources of information and will reflect on the implications of what is happening right now in the United Kingdom.

To start this series we present some of key sites where you can find information on this unfolding political process.

Follow all the current news at this site
All documentation pertaining to the Referendum bill as it passes through the British government can be found here	The Scottish Nationalist Party’s official website – the party have initiated the campaign.
The two official campaign sites were both launched in the spring of last year

Read commentary on development in key UK newspapers


Meanwhile here are some blogs talking about Independence


Our web team found some interesting particular articles

The two official campaign sites were both launched in the spring of last year

Read commentary on development in key UK newspapers

Meanwhile here are some blogs talking about Independence