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Introduction Introduction
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Bourdieu, Colonialism, and Global Knowledge Production Bourdieu, Colonialism, and Global Knowledge Production
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Bourdieu, Reflexive Sociology, and Its Relevance to Global South Youth Studies Bourdieu, Reflexive Sociology, and Its Relevance to Global South Youth Studies
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The Young People of Ngadas The Young People of Ngadas
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Methodology and Theory Methodology and Theory
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Rural Ngadas Youth and ‘Success’ as Social Capital Rural Ngadas Youth and ‘Success’ as Social Capital
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Interrogating the Utility of Bourdieu for the Global South Interrogating the Utility of Bourdieu for the Global South
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Note Note
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References References
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29 Rural Indonesian Youths’ Conceptions of Success
Get accessRara Sekar Larasati is an Indonesian researcher focusing on rural youth, anthropology of development, and participatory visual methods in Indonesia. She finished her MA in Cultural Anthropology from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. As an educator, she is passionate about providing equal access to critical education to challenge dominant narratives of development and bringing Indigenous and alternative knowledge into global discourses. She also teaches at Arkademy, an organization that focuses on using photography as critical pedagogy by critically engaging the public in social issues through the use of photo images.
Dr. Bronwyn E. Wood , born in India and now at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, is interested in exploring ways to address the enduring inequalities between research from the Global North and South. Her research interests center on youth citizenship and experiences of diverse youth growing up in multicultural communities in New Zealand. She is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Applied Youth Studies and a regional editor for the journals Theory, Research and Social Education, Citizenship Teaching and Learning, and The Curriculum Journal.
Ben K. C. Laksana is an Indonesian researcher focusing on sociology of education, youth citizenship, and the intersection between education and youth in Indonesia. He finished his Master’s in Education from Victoria University of Wellington. As a Southern scholar and educator, he is heavily influenced by Freirean approaches to education and is passionate and active in challenging dominant and oppressive narratives through education. He is also the co-founder of Arkademy, an organization that focuses on using photography as critical pedagogy by critically engaging the public in social issues through the use of photo images.
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Published:15 December 2020
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Abstract
Pierre Bourdieu is a preeminent Northern theorist whose concepts and ideas have been applied extensively in global youth studies. Yet Bourdieu has been critiqued for his assumptions of cultural homogeneity and failure to include local voices in his theory making. Therefore, the question arises: Are Bourdieu’s concepts still useful for research in the Global South? Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in a remote Indonesian village (Ngadas), this essay interrogates Bourdieu’s concepts of cultural capitals in explaining young people’s conceptions of ‘success.’ In contrast to acquisition of capital for individual distinction and competitive advantage, Ngadas youth accumulate capital in order to maintain collective harmony and sustain a gift-giving cycle (guyub rukun). This study presents an expanded understanding of capital as a collective endeavor which challenges narrow interpretations of Bourdieu in the context of Southern youth studies and suggests the need for more contextually nuanced usage of his theories. It is central to the merging theory of navigational capacities which draws on Bourdieu’s notion of capitals but places emphasis on the collective nature of these capitals.
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