Nation State, the Rise of Popul(ar)ism, and Curricula of Global Citizenship

• In Event: Millennium Hotel Roundtable Session 4

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

The ascendancy of nationalist popul(ar)ism as evidenced Brexit; the U.S. presidency of Donald Trump; and the rise of far right leaders across Europe, have occasioned an anti-pluralist stance, which calls to reassert the primacy of the national country in its citizens by emphasising an attachment to a common set of traditions, histories and values. How discourses on (inter)nationalization and global citizenship, within educational institutions, respond to this new confused common sense is critical for socially-just educational futures. This symposium draws together and frames interrelated discussions around these themes. It offers some insights into the role of global citizenship discourses and education in influencing the social and political possibilities in times of trans-national nationalist popul(ar)ism.

Sub Unit

• Division B - Curriculum Studies / Division B - Section 1: Culture and Commentary (The Readings/Makings of Curriculum)

Chairs

• Peter M. Appelbaum, Arcadia University

• Walter S. Gershon, Kent State University

Papers

• Global Citizenship and Nationalist Popularism's Confused De/recentering of "Commonsense" Governance - Dalene M. Swanson, University of Stirling

• Narrating the Nation: Nationalist Populism, Silences, Elisions, and the (Im)Possibilities of Relationality - Mostafa Gamal, Edinburgh College

• Discourses on (Inter)Nationalization in Scottish Higher Education: Revealing Relationships Between Power, Knowledge, and the Postcolonial - Emma Guion Akdag, Heriot-Watt University