Why Class Matters

• Published in: Sisyphus Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 13 - 36
• Main Authors: Hamilton, Sheri, Cooper, Linda
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto de Educação da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal) 29.02.2024; Universidade de Lisboa
• Subjects: radical adult education; social reproduction; social theory; social transformation; South Africa; working-class

This article reviews the role of class in adult education practice and research in South Africa under apartheid and in the post-apartheid era. Historically adult education was orientated towards the black working-class and to oppressed black communities more generally. In the post-apartheid era, opp...