Temporalities of Reform: A Study of Educational Interventions in Indonesia

• In Event: 77.058 - MTCC Roundtable Session 36
  In Roundtable Session: 77.058-2 - Temporalities of Educational Policy, Reform, and Learner Diversity in Global Contexts

Abstract

This paper deals with the timelines, speeds, and durations –or in another word, the temporalities – of a development intervention focused on literacy in Indonesia. Understanding the different calendars in play, the different temporal pressures that drive action and decisions at all levels of the intervention and in the community, and the speeds of change – both real and desired – can help us disentangle another layer of why the intervention “works” or not. The three temporalities I examine are that of the donor, of Save the Children, and of the community of a Literacy Boost participating school. I suggest that Save the Children acts as the broker, or translator, of not only culture or content, but also of calendars and temporalities.

Author

• Jenny F Zhang, University of California - Berkeley