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Comparing Ethnographies: Learning From Local Studies of Education Across the Americas

Mon, April 11, 7:45 to 9:15am, Convention Center, Floor: Level One, Room 146 B

Session Type: Symposium

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This symposium aims to demonstrate that ethnographic work conducted in all parts of the Americas is important for expanding the boundaries of local (e.g., US-based) theorizing. The long-term goal is to contribute toward building an anthropologically and sociologically informed understanding of education grounded in ethnographic cases and stretching beyond the national borders that often limit the perceived relevance of educational research. In a panel discussion based on chapters for a forthcoming book, co-authors from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru and the United States, including experts in meta-ethnography, discuss how to carry out this comparative work with attention to local contexts and theoretical preferences, illustrating with ethnographic work on majorities and minorities, migration, indigenous students, and teachers’ work.

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