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Abstract
This chapter draws on my ethnographic inquiry for my PhD as I followed a group of young people and their young adult staff engaged in a government sponsored citizenship programme - the National Citizen Service (NCS). NCS is critiqued for its neoliberal approach to citizenship with defined learning outcomes for the young people with little scope for meaningful engagement with local issues. The validity to these criticisms obscures the alternative ‘stories’ that are present in the day-to-day practices of the programme – the building of relationships negotiated through reciprocity and shared learning. Using a posthuman approach that considers materiality, refutes binaries, and emphasises relationality, I explore these alternative stories highlighting the capacity for social change that comes from doing the ‘little things’ together. It is in the everyday, small interactions which come to matter to those affected and opens up the potential for different futures.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Adult Learning and Social Change in the UK |
| Subtitle of host publication | National and Local Perspectives |
| Editors | Jules Robbins, Alan Rogers |
| Place of Publication | London, UK |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Chapter | 7 |
| Pages | 107-126 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781350262133, 9781350262140 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781350262126, 9781350262164 |
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| Publication status | Published - 9 Mar 2023 |
Publication series
| Name | Adult Learning, Literacy and Social Change |
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Discussion Groups with Older People: An Interface of Participatory Ageing and Social Change
Lane, K., 9 Mar 2023, Adult Learning and Social Change in the UK. Robbins, J. & Rogers, A. (eds.). Great Britain: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 93-106 14 p. (Adult Learning, Literacy and Social Change).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Learning English in a Hostile Environment: A Study of Volunteer ESOL Teachers of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the UK
Bouttell, L., 9 Mar 2023, Adult Learning and Social Change in the UK: National and Local Perspectives. Robbins, J. & Rogers, A. (eds.). Bloomsbury, p. 59-74 16 p. (Adult Learning, Literacy and Social Change).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The Achievements of Informal Adult Reading Group Talk through Vernacular Expression: Challenging the Dominant Discourses of Literary Study
Gordon, J., 9 Mar 2023, Adult Learning and Social Change in the UK: National and Local Perspectives. Robbins, J. & Rogers, A. (eds.). 1 ed. Bloomsbury Academic, p. 127-146 20 p. (Adult Learning, Literacy and Social Change).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review