The Stark Reality of the "White Saviour" Complex and the Need for Critical Consciousness: A Document Analysis of the Early Journals of a Freirean Educator

Autor/in	Straubhaar, Rolf
Titel	The Stark Reality of the "White Saviour" Complex and the Need for Critical Consciousness: A Document Analysis of the Early Journals of a Freirean Educator
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 45 (2015) 3, S.381-400 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2013.876306
Schlagwörter	Nonformal Education; Journal Writing; Social Influences; Social Bias; Whites; Racial Bias; Social Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Adult Education; Personal Narratives; Nonprofit Organizations; Adult Literacy; Critical Theory; Notetaking; Content Analysis; Documentation; Power Structure; Program Development; Curriculum Development; Community Involvement; Mozambique + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-formal education; Non formal education; Nichtformale Bildung; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Sozialer Einfluss; White; Weißer; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Ausland; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Erlebniserzählung; Nonprofit-Organisation; Kritische Theorie; Inhaltsanalyse; Dokumentation; Programmplanung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Mosambik
Abstract	While the anglophone academic literature has long engaged in analysis of the role of privilege in the work of educators in the Global North, this article represents an initial foray into such analysis in non-formal educational settings in the Global South. Through a cultural-textual document analysis of 12?months of personal journal entries written by the author while working as a Freirean adult educator in Mozambique, this article documents a lack of recognition of social privilege exhibited by the author in these entries, which is here referred to as the "White Saviour" complex. This article also documents how the pursuit of what Freire calls "critical consciousness" can effectively problematise this privileged mindset. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01