A comparative study of the construction of memory and identity in the curriculum in societies emerging from conflict : Rwanda and South Africa

A comparative study of the construction of memory and identity in the curriculum in societies emerging from conflict : Rwanda and South Africa

One of the most common struggles of societies emerging from violent conflict is the struggle to re-invent or re-imagine the ‘nation’. In the process, the critical question becomes: what to do with the traumatic knowledge of the past? Education policy becomes a crucial arena for asserting political v...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weldon, Constance Gail
Other Authors: Prof J D Jansen
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Education policy
Post-conflict societies
Transition societies
Trauma
South africa
Rwanda
Curriculum change
History education
Memory
Identity
UCTD
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28159
Weldon, G 2009, A comparative study of the construction of memory and identity in the curriculum in societies emerging from conflict : Rwanda and South Africa, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28159 >
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09242009-234215/

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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28159
Weldon, G 2009, A comparative study of the construction of memory and identity in the curriculum in societies emerging from conflict : Rwanda and South Africa, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28159 >
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09242009-234215/

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