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SUMMARY:Narratives of Schooling During the 1992-97 Civil War in Tajikistan
  - Professor Carole Faucher\, Nazarbeyev University Graduate School of Edu
 cation
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CONTACT:Chloe Gayer-Anderson
DESCRIPTION:This seminar explores the narratives of Pamiri men and women w
 ho were in primary and secondary school during the brutal conflict that di
 vided the country in the wake of its independence. The Pamiris\, who follo
 w the Shi’a Ismaili faith and speak distinctive East-Iranian languages\,
  form  the majority of the population of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous O
 blast (GBAO).  Education represents a strong moral value for the Pamiris a
 nd thus\, being able to attend school during periods of high uncertainty m
 eant\, for all the interviewees involved in that project\, continuing to l
 ive in accordance with the values inculcated generation after generation. 
 Depending if one was in GBAO or in the capital Dushanbe the conflict was l
 ived quite differently. However\, in all narratives\, the school is descri
 bed  as a site where not only formal learning took place\, but where one c
 ould feel safe and protected. The memories discussed in this paper are art
 iculated around three different but intertwined themes: locating the self 
 in relation to others and the awareness of difference\; the deep transform
 ational effect of the war and how it permeates all aspects of everyday lif
 e\; the feelings of normality and safety provided by the school. 
LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge CB2 8PQ
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