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An other self? Education, foreignness, reflexive comparison and capability as connection

Unterhalter, E; (2020) An other self? Education, foreignness, reflexive comparison and capability as connection. Comparative Education , 56 (1) pp. 3-19. 10.1080/03050068.2019.1701245. Green open access

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Abstract

The article is an attempt to explore through the lens of my identification as a foreigner, a number of different themes around work in comparative education, particularly aspects of the question of method, and some reflections on the relationship with education and international development. The discussion begins with some reflection on internal or external foreignness, and the ways in which these identifications within my autobiography are heterodox, not singular and co-constructed with many relationships, changing over time. Some different formulations of pluralism and engagements with the capability approach are discussed drawing out some of the resources they provide for exploring approaches in comparative education. In the final section, some features of the idea of reflexive comparison as a methodological resource are sketched.

Type: Article
Title: An other self? Education, foreignness, reflexive comparison and capability as connection
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2019.1701245
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2019.1701245
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Comparative education method, education and international development, capability approach, reflexive comparison, South Africa
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10087549
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