Interrogating Belonging for Young People in Schools
In an era when many young people feel marginalized and excluded, this is the first comprehensive, critical account to shed new light on the trouble of ‘belonging’ and how young people in schools understand, enact and experience ‘belonging’ (and non-belong
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Interrogating Belonging for Young People in Schools
Christine Halse Editor
Interrogating Belonging for Young People in Schools
Editor Christine Halse The Education University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
ISBN 978-3-319-75216-7 ISBN 978-3-319-75217-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75217-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018936142 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Brain light / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
For the young people who are our world’s future
Preface
This book had an unusual genesis. It is a tale worth recounting because it serves as a message—even a moral—to those academics and researchers who feel alone, isolated and crave for an intellectual space, place and community where they feel they can belong. The book’s genesis is also unusual because it was a pleasurable, positive consequence of Australia’s research assessment exercise known as ‘Excellence in Research’ (ERA)—that intensive, periodic, bureaucratic exercise in research accountability and governmentality that haunts academics and universities around the globe. Reflecting on the publications submitted for ERA, it seemed self- evident that the School of Education at Deakin University had a group of highly-talented scholars doing cutting-edge research on issues of gender and sexuality, race, intercultural relations and multicultural education, as well as citizenship and class. Many worked with post-structural theory but would describe their research field as falling in the gamut of education sociology. However, they largely worked
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