Pasifika girls resisting the schooling regime of safety

In the last few decades, the word 'safety' has become silently but increasingly pervasive in educational policies and debates, gaining a new momentum with the pandemic. Our intention in this article is to problematise what is done in schools in the name of safety by delving into the safety...

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Published inGlobalisation, societies and education Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 437 - 449
Main Authors Estellés, Marta, Romero, Noah, Tatebe, Jennifer, Mutch, Carol
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 08.08.2023
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Activism
At Risk Persons
Bullying
COVID-19
Discourses
Education policy
Ethnography
Females
Foreign Countries
Gender Bias
Inequality
Minority Group Students
narratives of resistance
New Zealand schools
Pacific Islander people
Pacific Islanders
Pandemics
Pasifika girls
Racial Discrimination
Racism
Resistance
Safety
Safety discourses
School Policy
School Safety
Schools
New Zealand
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Summary:In the last few decades, the word 'safety' has become silently but increasingly pervasive in educational policies and debates, gaining a new momentum with the pandemic. Our intention in this article is to problematise what is done in schools in the name of safety by delving into the safety policy discourses of a New Zealand school and the narratives of resistance employed by a group of female Pasifika students during the Covid-19 crisis. This critical ethnographic inquiry explores how safety at schools operates as a mechanism to oppress their fights and reproduce inequalities in an era of apparent 'racism without racists'.
ISSN:1476-7724
1476-7732
DOI:10.1080/14767724.2023.2191931