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Youth Discourses of Sustainability in Denpasar, Bali

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Part of the book series: Geographies of Children and Young People ((GCYP,volume 3))

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Throughout the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), drawing to a close this year, considerable academic attention has been placed on how sustainability can be integrated into educational contexts worldwide. The rhetoric of DESD promotes the engagement of students as active participants in sustainability through participatory teaching methodologies. How this assumption sits with educational processes in localities around the world remains under-researched, particularly from a perspective of developing countries. This chapter shows that in Denpasar, Bali, DESD encounters local hegemonic discourses that effect power in complex ways, as well as educational structures that may not foster the participatory notions DESD requires. The chapter also recounts the story of a participatory research experiment that demonstrates that, where Balinese high school students are given the space to actively engage with topics of sustainability, they do not only create their own languages of sustainability but also challenge hegemonic discourses.

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    Martina Jaskolski

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Jaskolski, M. (2016). Youth Discourses of Sustainability in Denpasar, Bali. In: Nairn, K., Kraftl, P. (eds) Space, Place, and Environment. Geographies of Children and Young People, vol 3. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-044-5_28

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