'I go to school to survive': Facing physical, moral and economic uncertainties in rural Lesotho
'I go to school to survive': Facing physical, moral and economic uncertainties in rural Lesotho
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“我上学是为了生存”：莱索托农村面临身体、道德和经济的不确定性
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10.1080/14733285.2020.1822514
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2020
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Dungey C
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在莱索托，当儿童或成年人谈论学校教育的重要性时，他们经常使用术语iphelisa。这通常被翻译为“为了生存”，反映了这个小国人民近几十年来面临的不确定因素：就业机会迅速减少，艾滋病毒感染率极高，以及环境危机。基于对两所农村小学及其邻近社区长达九个月的人种学田野调查，我们考察了生存的理念如何激励人们参与教育。我们发现，“生存”贯穿于学校课程和儿童、家长和教师的话语之中，包括三个截然不同但又相互关联的维度：经济、道德和身体。我们还强调，生存的这些方面既是个人的，也是集体的，并跨越不同的时间性。通过这一点，我们有助于理解不确定性背景下教育抱负和动机的复杂性。
In Lesotho, when children or adults talk about the importance of schooling, they frequently use the termho iphelisa. This is usually translated as ‘to survive’, reflecting the uncertainties that people in this small country have confronted over recent decades: rapidly diminishing employment opportunities, extremely high HIV prevalence and environmental crises. Based on nine months of ethnographic fieldwork in two rural primary schools and their neighbouring communities, we examine how the idea of survival motivates engagement with education. We find that ‘survival’ permeates the school curriculum and the discourse of children, parents and teachers, and encompasses three distinct but related dimensions: economic, moral and physical. We also highlight how these aspects of survival are both individual and collective, and operate across different temporalities. Through this, we contribute to understanding the complexities of educational aspiration and motivation in contexts of uncertainty.