International Scholarships and Southern Agency: An Ethnography of Alumni, Scholars, and Applicants

Autor/inn/en	King, Monty; Forsey, Martin; Pegrum, Mark
Titel	International Scholarships and Southern Agency: An Ethnography of Alumni, Scholars, and Applicants
Quelle	In: Journal of Studies in International Education, 27 (2023) 2, S.178-197 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (King, Monty) ORCID (Forsey, Martin)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153
DOI	10.1177/10283153211054144
Schlagwörter	Scholarships; Global Approach; Donors; Ethnography; Electronic Learning; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Alumni; Financial Aid Applicants; COVID-19; Pandemics; International Education; Intervention; Timor-Leste + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Scholarship; Stipendium; Globales Denken; Ethnografie; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Antragsteller; Internationale Erziehung
Abstract	International scholarships are an established mode of aid distribution for many donor countries and a life-changing educational opportunity for recipients from the global South. This article draws upon ethnographic field research centred on Dili, Timor-Leste, focussing on case studies of a scholarship applicant, a scholar, and an alumnus. It employs the concept of "Southern agency," investigating individual practices shaped by influences that both constrain and enable action, namely local infrastructure, family and kinship groups, literacies, and the colonial legacy. Scholarship places are limited and extremely competitive, while assigning a moral imperative for alumni to learn and return to contribute to local development, often resulting in the re-production of socially normed roles echoing the colonial era. The global upheaval in higher education resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic emphasises the need for alternative interventions in the global South, including greater investment in local higher education institutions, and online learning. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01