Habits of contributing citizenship

Kilonzo, Rehema; Matunga, Benta N.; Chang’a, Haji H.; Kontinen, Tiina

doi:10.4324/9780429279171-10

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Citizenship Learning: Contextual, Material and Political

Kontinen

Holma

2022

Learning, Philosophy, and African Citizenship

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This chapter focuses on three intertwined dimensions central to contemporary studies of citizenship: the material, the cultural and the political. Based on these, it develops an account of citizenship learning that draws on socio-cultural and socio-material theories of learning and emphasizes everyday encounters and practices as spaces central to learning citizenship. It illustrates with examples from African contexts how contextual, material and political dimensions of citizenship manifest themselves in practices wherein citizenship is performed and learned. In conclusion, it suggests an account of citizenship learning which locates learning in the dynamic interaction between individuals and their cultural, social and material environments and is embedded in the specific social, economic and political conditions of a given society and state.

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Citizenship Learning: Contextual, Material and Political

Kontinen

Holma

2022

Learning, Philosophy, and African Citizenship

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Learning in Communities of Practice: How to Become a Good Citizen in Self-Help Groups in Rural Tanzania

Matunga

2022

Learning, Philosophy, and African Citizenship

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This chapter conceptualizes self-help groups as communities of practice where learning citizenship practices experienced. Qualitative research through interviews and focus group discussions was employed for data collection in Mpwapwa District, Rural Tanzania. Drawing on (Lave and Wenger, Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation, Cambridge University Press, 1991) notion of situated learning through legitimate peripheral participation in communities of practice, I analyze how participants describe their learning, and how they draw connections between being a good member in a group and exercising good citizenship more broadly. Findings show that participants learn to achieve main goal of development and care for others in various ways including participation in joint activities, imitating others and trial and error. A good member of the group is perceived as a good citizen, responsible in development of oneself and to others. Therefore, groups address challenges in their settings and portray a kind of citizenship that needs attention in development interventions.

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Negotiating CSO Legitimacy in Tanzanian Civic Space

Kontinen

Nguyahambi

2023

EADI Global Development Series

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This chapter argues that civil society organizations (CSOs) engage in continuous legitimacy negotiations that both shape and are shaped by civic space. It focuses on President John Magufuli’s term in Tanzania, which was labelled as an authoritarian turn characterized by shrinking civic space. The chapter employs broad definitions: of civic space as an arena for action by formal CSOs as well as groups and individuals; of legitimacy as a continuous negotiation of appropriateness; and of democracy as a dynamic form of governance with different manifestations. Drawing on interviews with both professional urban NGOs and rural self-help groups, the chapter investigates restrictions experienced by CSOs, analyses the central themes negotiation over CSO legitimacy, and reflects on these vis-á-vis the evolution of democracy in Tanzania over time.

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Habits of contributing citizenship

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Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

Citizenship Learning: Contextual, Material and Political

Citizenship Learning: Contextual, Material and Political

Learning in Communities of Practice: How to Become a Good Citizen in Self-Help Groups in Rural Tanzania

Negotiating CSO Legitimacy in Tanzanian Civic Space

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