Cultural trauma and the politics of access to higher education in Syria

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ID2935139
AutoresZeina Al Azmeh (0000-0002-5856-6694, University of Cambridge, autor correspondente), Joanne Dillabough (0000-0001-9300-6265, University of Cambridge), Olena Fimyar (0000-0002-4108-6539, University of Cambridge), Cahal Mclaughlin (0000-0002-8603-8610, University of Cambridge), Shaher Abdullateef (0000-0002-0024-9151, Council for At-Risk Academics), Wissam Aldien Aloklah (0000-0002-4532-3845, Council for At-Risk Academics), Adnan Rashid Mamo (0000-0001-9365-5222, Council for At-Risk Academics), Abdul Hafiz Abdulhafiz (Department of Computer Engineering, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Turkey), Samir Al Abdullah (Council for At-Risk Academics), Yasser Al Husien (Council for At-Risk Academics), Ammar Al Mohamad Al Ibrahim (Council for At-Risk Academics), Ziad Al Ibrahim (Council for At-Risk Academics), Taiseer Barmu (Council for At-Risk Academics), Abdulnasser Farzat (Council for At-Risk Academics), Bakry Kadan (Council for At-Risk Academics)
Ano2021
Volume42
Fascículo4
Páginas528-543
Data de publicação2021-07-04
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDiscourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01596306.2020.1715922
OpenAlexW2990547671
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas24

This paper examines the relationship between the politics of Higher Education access pertaining to longstanding practices of patrimonial authoritarian politics and the narration of collective trauma. Building on an empirical study of Syrian HE during war, we suggest that a narrative disjuncture within HEIs has a damaging impact not only upon the educational process, HE reconstruction and reform, but also upon the possibility of social reconciliation. This is especially true when access to education and post-graduation opportunities are directly linked to patrimonial favouritism; widespread social inequalities in access and retention; a violent turn in the purging of oppositional academics; a severely exacerbated brain drain linked to political views; and significantly sparser employment opportunities. Building on the study findings, we show how these challenges are linked to ethico-political positioning vis-à-vis the mass movement of 2011 and related cultural trauma narratives. In closing, we suggest that understanding the relationship between HE access and cultural trauma can inform decision-making on HE reconstruction and future reform

Authoritarianism · Democracy · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Turkey's Politics and Society

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