Does geography 'really' contribute to ESD? Critical reflections on meta-geographical frameworks in world geography.

Autor/in	Hakhee, Kim
Titel	Does geography 'really' contribute to ESD? Critical reflections on meta-geographical frameworks in world geography.
Quelle	Aus: Reinfried, Sibylle (Hrsg.); Schleicher, Yvonne (Hrsg.); Rempfle, Armin (Hrsg.): Geographical views on Education for Sustainable Development. Proceedings. Lucerne-Symposium, Switzerland, July 29-31, 2007. Weingarten: Selbstverlag des Hochschulverbandes für Geographie und ihre Didaktik e.V. (2007) S. 66-72 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Geographiedidaktische Forschungen. 42
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISBN	978-3-925319-29-7
Schlagwörter	Vokabular; Reflexion (Phil); Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung; Eurozentrismus; Dichotomie; Kategorisierung; Komplexität; Kritik; Tagungsbeitrag; Erste Welt
Abstract	Every global consideration of human affairs deploys a meta-geography. Dividing the world into several regions may be convenient and essential starting points for learning the map of the world. But not only does it do an injustice to the complexities of the real world but also leads to fundamental misconceptions in ESD. The binary distinction between the rich North and the poor South, like that between the First and the Third Worlds, is essentially defined in economic terms and deeply rooted in the ideology of developmentalism and western hegemony. Critical analysis of the meta-geographical frameworks reveals how imperative it is to deconstruct the taken-for-granted spatial categorization and taxonomy that surround us. Constructing a more relevant spatial vocabulary through the geographical imagination could be the next meaningful step to grasp complexities and interconnections of the real world without losing sight of the broad picture. An international dialogue for reforming the problematic conceptualisation of the world and developing an alternative meta-geographical framework could be initiated and expedited by geography educators. (Orig.).
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Update	2023/1