Unsettling the gap : race, politics and indigenous education /

Rudolph, Sophie, 1982-

Unsettling the gap : race, politics and indigenous education / Sophie Rudolph. - xvii, 203 pages ; 23 cm. - Global studies in education, vol. 36 2153-330X ; . - Global studies in education ; v. 36. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A future with no more gaps? -- Racing the gap : concepts of race in the (settler) colonial world -- Questions of time -- Standing on the bridge : critical encounters with ethics and power -- Tracing the gap : constructions of deficiency and potential -- Gauging the gap : converging discourses of measurement and rank -- The right side of the gap : school, nation, inclusion, history -- Beyond closing the gap : provocations for thinking otherwise. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

"Unsettling the Gap takes the global problem of 'Indigenous educational disadvantage' and unravels the multiple, intersecting discourses that have culminated in the Australian context in the 'Closing the Gap' policy. Through closely examining the Australian case, Unsettling the Gap finds the notion of 'gap' to be a complex and multiple signifier, influenced by transnational ideas connected to empire and imperialism"--

1433159155 9781433159152 1433159147 9781433159145

2018026951


Indigenous peoples--Education--Australia

LC3739 / .R64 2019

371.8299915

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