Learning in the forest : an exploration of Waorani education and its interaction with formal state schooling in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- In this dissertation I seek to build upon global research examining differences between formal education and local learning systems in minority cultures like Indigenous Nations, Amazonian research focused on drivers of cultural change, and past anthropological research describing Waorani pedagogy and the impacts of formal State education. Across three chapters, I explore the Waorani system of learning by examining how they organize information, how they learn in and navigate through a landscape infused by magic and constrained by threats of danger, and how, where and when they learn on days with and without school. I explore Waorani mental concepts or "schema", epistemology, and the timing and spatial distribution of local and school learning experiences, while simultaneously contributing to anthropological literature more broadly by calling into question assumptions about the inefficacy of hunter-gatherer classification systems and the everyday vulnerability of perspective taking in Amazonian societies. Finally, I suggest that timing could be an essential element to consider when examining access to local learning contexts and seeking to help youth develop successful multicultural identities according to local objectives.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2022; ©2022 |
| Publication date | 2022; 2022 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Wirth, Ciara Frances |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Durham, William H |
| Degree supervisor | Luhrmann, T. M. (Tanya M.), 1959- |
| Thesis advisor | Durham, William H |
| Thesis advisor | Luhrmann, T. M. (Tanya M.), 1959- |
| Thesis advisor | Ardoin, Nicole M. (Nicole Michele) |
| Thesis advisor | Seetah, Krish |
| Degree committee member | Ardoin, Nicole M. (Nicole Michele) |
| Degree committee member | Seetah, Krish |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Anthropology |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Ciara Wirth. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Anthropology. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2022. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/xk969bg2673 |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2022 by Ciara Frances Wirth
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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