Spirit and Body, Heart and Soul: Exploring Student Narratives through Higher Education in Exile

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dc.contributor.advisorGiles, Wenona
dc.creatorAfrazeh, Aida
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-27T13:56:45Z
dc.date.available2017-07-27T13:56:45Z
dc.date.copyright2017-04-13
dc.date.issued2017-07-27
dc.date.updated2017-07-27T13:56:45Z
dc.degree.disciplineDevelopment Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractRefugee higher education, as a subset of the larger education in emergencies field, has been rapidly growing since the 2000s. However, a deeper exploration of student experiences is needed to critically understand the potentially transformative aspects of higher education. Responding to this gap, this research draws on fieldwork data collected in Amman, Jordan in summer 2016. It aims to interrogate how higher education can open avenues for alternative narratives for refugee students. The uptake of higher education by refugees challenges discursively limiting representations by giving students an avenue through which they can connect to their own pasts and futures, while also transforming their present lived experiences. A feminist lens is used to draw attention to the racialized and gendered differences among students experiences. By re-centering discussions of refugee higher education around students themselves, this research is intended to help better align development praxis to flow from this crucial starting point.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/33613
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectMiddle Eastern studies
dc.subject.keywordsAgency
dc.subject.keywordsCommunity development
dc.subject.keywordsDevelopment
dc.subject.keywordsDevelopment studies
dc.subject.keywordsDisplacement
dc.subject.keywordsEducation in emergencies
dc.subject.keywordsEmpowerment
dc.subject.keywordsForced migration
dc.subject.keywordsHigher education
dc.subject.keywordsHomemaking
dc.subject.keywordsHumanitarianism
dc.subject.keywordsInternational development
dc.subject.keywordsInternational education
dc.subject.keywordsJordan
dc.subject.keywordsMigration
dc.subject.keywordsRefugee representation
dc.subject.keywordsRefugee studies
dc.subject.keywordsStudent narratives
dc.titleSpirit and Body, Heart and Soul: Exploring Student Narratives through Higher Education in Exile
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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