The Contribution (or Not) of UN Higher Education to Peacebuilding: An Ethnographic Account

Autor/in	Kester, Kevin
Titel	The Contribution (or Not) of UN Higher Education to Peacebuilding: An Ethnographic Account
Quelle	In: Globalisation, Societies and Education, 15 (2017) 4, S.464-481 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-7724
DOI	10.1080/14767724.2017.1303364
Schlagwörter	International Organizations; Peace; Higher Education; Conflict; Ethnography; Data Collection; Participant Observation; Semi Structured Interviews; Graduate Students; Social Systems; Politics of Education; Nationalism; Case Studies; Qualitative Research; Surveys; New York (New York) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Frieden; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Konflikt; Ethnografie; Data capture; Datensammlung; Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Social system; Soziales System; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Nationalismus; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Qualitative Forschung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	This paper examines the role of United Nations (UN) peace academics in teaching for peace within the UN higher education system, and questions what contribution, if any, UN peacebuilding education makes to the broader field of peace and conflict studies education, and in the lives of the people it touches. The study draws on ethnographic data collected over a six-month period at one UN university in 2015. The data collection period involved participant observation, interviews with faculty and postgraduate students, document analysis, and surveys with learners. Findings suggest tensions and contradiction in the university around issues of UN mimicry, Western-centrism, state domination, and institutional capitalism. Implications are briefly addressed and recommendations provided. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01