Todd John Wallenius
Biographic Data
| ID | 211681 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Todd John Wallenius |
| GIVEN NAMES | Todd John |
| FAMILY NAME | Wallenius |
| SIGNATURE | WALLENIUS T J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aarhus University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9157-0575 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Bridging Anthropology and Global History
In recent years, the field of comparative education has boldly turned inward, investigating and questioning its own historical and philosophical foundations. By challenging the discipline’s dependence on positivistic, modern modes of comparison, space has emerged for rethinking methodological approaches more broadly. Extending this line of research, this article links modes of comparison from the discipline of anthropology and global history to t…
Towards a global history of education in the Himalaya
Scholars have long considered the era of modern education in Nepal as inaugurated by foreign actors in the 1950s. Based on an analysis of two central publications of the relatively overlooked educator and intellectual Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh, this paper aims to shed new light on the educational history of the early twentieth century Himalaya. By employing a lens of global history, the study challenges the narrative of a ‘sudden arrival’ of mod…
Bureaucratising Social Justice
This article draws on ethnographic data on the distribution of scholarship programs at two Nepali state-run schools. Anchored in the cross-field of educational anthropology and the anthropology of bureaucracy, this article examines schools not just as sites of learning but as institutions that control and regulate access through bureaucratized mechanisms. We draw attention to scholarship processes as inherently selective and requiring social and …
Bikās as Pedagogy
Through the lens of an elite boarding school, this paper seeks to explore afresh the education–development nexus in Nepal. Moving beyond post-modern critiques of the development–schooling nexus, the paper draws on a historical understanding of development and concomitant notions of progress as emerging from earlier contacts between Nepali elites and the West. Combining this historical perspective with six months of ethnographic research at an eli…
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Bikās as Pedagogy
Through the lens of an elite boarding school, this paper seeks to explore afresh the education–development nexus in Nepal. Moving beyond post-modern critiques of the development–schooling nexus, the paper draws on a historical understanding of development and concomitant notions of progress as emerging from earlier contacts between Nepali elites and the West. Combining this historical perspective with six months of ethnographic research at an eli…
Towards a global history of education in the Himalaya
Scholars have long considered the era of modern education in Nepal as inaugurated by foreign actors in the 1950s. Based on an analysis of two central publications of the relatively overlooked educator and intellectual Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh, this paper aims to shed new light on the educational history of the early twentieth century Himalaya. By employing a lens of global history, the study challenges the narrative of a ‘sudden arrival’ of mod…
Bureaucratising Social Justice
This article draws on ethnographic data on the distribution of scholarship programs at two Nepali state-run schools. Anchored in the cross-field of educational anthropology and the anthropology of bureaucracy, this article examines schools not just as sites of learning but as institutions that control and regulate access through bureaucratized mechanisms. We draw attention to scholarship processes as inherently selective and requiring social and …
Bridging Anthropology and Global History
In recent years, the field of comparative education has boldly turned inward, investigating and questioning its own historical and philosophical foundations. By challenging the discipline’s dependence on positivistic, modern modes of comparison, space has emerged for rethinking methodological approaches more broadly. Extending this line of research, this article links modes of comparison from the discipline of anthropology and global history to t…
Global Education and Multiculturalism (4 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (4 works) · Ethnography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Nepali (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work)