Relationality and Radical Democracy: The Possibilities of Postcolonial Citizenship in Myanmar

Autor/in	Choo, Liyun Wendy
Titel	Relationality and Radical Democracy: The Possibilities of Postcolonial Citizenship in Myanmar
Quelle	In: International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 18 (2019) 2, S.68-80 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Choo, Liyun Wendy)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2202-493X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Democracy; Postcolonialism; Citizenship Education; Buddhism; Political Attitudes; Self Concept; Religious Factors; Cultural Influences; Nationalism; Indigenous Knowledge; Urban Youth; Young Adults; Ethnic Groups; Minority Groups; Photography; Citizenship Responsibility; Burma + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Demokratie; Post colonialism; Postkolonialismus; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Buddhismus; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Selbstkonzept; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Nationalismus; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Ethnie; Ethnische Minderheit; Fotografie
Abstract	Western liberal conceptions of democratic citizenship require the state to be "neutral" by separating the political from the social. However, this is often at odds with the realities of socio-political organization in many former colonized countries. In this paper, I draw on empirical data from photo-elicitation interviews with eight Buddhist youth in Yangon to illustrate the socio-political realities of everyday citizenship and citizenship education in Myanmar. Findings show that, for Buddhist participants, their political identity as Myanmar citizens and their religious identity as Buddhists are deeply enmeshed. Rather than force-fit postcolonial states into the Western democratic model, I propose that the notions of relationality and radical democracy offer a means of indigenizing democracy and draws on Myanmar's Buddhist democracy to illustrate the political potential of relationalism. (As Provided).
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Update	2021/2/06