Overview
- Analyses how religious discrimination is established and perpetuated among adolescents in the Gujarat region
- Examines how young people are socialized into performing and enacting micro-aggressions directed at the religious 'Other'
- Develops a critical media education framework to equip young people with the skills they need to identify points of resistance within themselves and their environments
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This book examines how religion operates as an institution of governance and discipline in society. The authors unravel the ways in which adolescents are socialized into adhering to the dictates of their religious identities, which often translates into practices of micro-aggression enacted in and through their interaction with the ‘religious other’ in schools and classrooms. Through ethnographic immersion in villages in the Gujarat, the authors identify media as a powerful source through which the dominant ideology of religious discrimination is perpetuated among adolescents. Subsequently, a critical media education framework was developed in order to equip these young people with the critical skills needed to challenge power relations, with the goal being to identify resources for resistance within themselves and their immediate media environments. Using pedagogic techniques such as spatial and cultural mapping, content creation and applied theatre practices to create a reflective yet practical guide, the findings of this book can be applied to a wide range of socio-cultural contexts.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Kiran Vinod Bhatia is a fellow at MICA, India. She is a media educator currently working with primary school students, and her research interests centre around critical pedagogy, youth studies and media education. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Manisha Pathak-Shelat is Professor in Communication and Digital Platforms and Strategies at MICA, India. She chairs the Center for Development Management and Communication at MICA, and edits the Journal of Creative Communication.
Manisha Pathak-Shelat is Professor in Communication and Digital Platforms and Strategies at MICA, India. She chairs the Center for Development Management and Communication at MICA, and edits the Journal of Creative Communication.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Challenging Discriminatory Practices of Religious Socialization among Adolescents
Book Subtitle: Critical Media Literacy and Pedagogies in Practice
Authors: Kiran Vinod Bhatia, Manisha Pathak-Shelat
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29574-5
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-29573-8Published: 23 October 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-29574-5Published: 12 October 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 160
Topics: Sociology of Education, Literacy, Religion and Education, Sociology of Education, Schools and Schooling