"Mrs van der Merwe loves her birds"

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"Mrs van der Merwe loves her birds"

Lisa Ryan

World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC), 7th (Marrakech, Morocco, 09-Jun-2013–14-Jun-2013)

2013

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Cultural Studies

Curriculum and Pedagogy

postcolonialism

environmental ethics

cross-cultural representations

South Africa

Eco-Schools

Developing 'an ethic of care' is a key focus for environmental educators. Thinking around this issue has often drawn on ideas from environmental philosophy and psychology, locating such issues as the preserve of the individual. A postcolonial reading of an ethics of care adopts a relational, historicised, and fractured perspective- challenging the ways such concepts are assumed to be universal. This paper examines representations from South Africa of an ethic of care. It problematizes the notion of a universal ethical standard and thereby leaves space for contested and hybrid notions of care.

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Title: "Mrs van der Merwe loves her birds"
Authors: Lisa Ryan (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
Conference details: World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC), 7th (Marrakech, Morocco, 09-Jun-2013–14-Jun-2013)
Publisher: World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC)
Date published: 2013
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449964102621
Output Type: Abstract

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