Futurescaping: School Choice of Internationally Mobile Global Middle Class Families Temporarily Residing in Malaysia

Autor/inn/en	Adams, Megan; Agbenyega, Joseph
Titel	Futurescaping: School Choice of Internationally Mobile Global Middle Class Families Temporarily Residing in Malaysia
Quelle	In: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 40 (2019) 5, S.647-665 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Adams, Megan) ORCID (Agbenyega, Joseph)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0159-6306
DOI	10.1080/01596306.2019.1576266
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Middle Class; Mobility; School Choice; Neoliberalism; Travel; Global Approach; Aspiration; Decision Making; Career Development; International Schools; Nontraditional Education; Experience; Young Children; Parent Attitudes; Mothers; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Mittelschicht; Mobilität; Mobilitätsförderung; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Travelling; Reisen; Reise; Globales Denken; Streben; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Berufsentwicklung; International school; Internationale Schule; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Erfahrung; Frühe Kindheit; Elternverhalten; Mother; Mutter
Abstract	This paper explores internationally mobile global middle class families (GMCF) in terms of how they rationalise moving away from their home country, select schools and reimagine their young children's futures in an international setting. Building on Appadurai's notion of 'the future as a cultural fact' and Anagnost's concept of 'life-making in neoliberal times' we analyse how the search for escaping the past is dialectically related to seeking better futures. For GMCFs, the search for better futures within current neoliberal times leads to them discursively constructing spatial-temporal movements across international boundaries. The term 'futurescaping' is introduced and used to understand the act of imagining futures that are shaped by a person's past and present experience. We argue that futurescaping is more than simply transnational mobility, but is a multidimensional act, which is dynamic, culturally value-ladened, historically embedded, futuristic and provides a unique view into the everyday lives of internationally mobile GMCF. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01