Unpacking the discourses of stunting in Indonesian early childhood education and parenting.
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| Title: | Unpacking the discourses of stunting in Indonesian early childhood education and parenting. |
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| Authors: | Adriany, Vina, Tesar, Marek |
| Source: | Children & Society. Mar2023, Vol. 37 Issue 2, p311-325. 15p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Illustration. |
| Subjects: | Government regulation, Policy science research, Parenting, Early intervention (Education), Research funding, Discourse analysis, Teachers, Growth disorders, Nutrition policy, Secondary analysis |
| Geographic Terms: | Indonesia |
| Abstract: | This paper interrogates the discourses of stunting in Indonesia and its links to early childhood education. Here, stunting is analysed via Foucault's work, with data stemming from a long‐term ethnography study and analysis of relevant policy documents in Indonesia. We argue the discourses of stunting have been regulating children, teachers and parents by acting as a form of biopower of governing rationalities. Focusing merely on the individual and nutrition aspects, the discourses overlook larger societal problems. In such a space, the children, teachers and parents become a site of the state's surveillance and are produced as docile bodies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | This paper interrogates the discourses of stunting in Indonesia and its links to early childhood education. Here, stunting is analysed via Foucault's work, with data stemming from a long‐term ethnography study and analysis of relevant policy documents in Indonesia. We argue the discourses of stunting have been regulating children, teachers and parents by acting as a form of biopower of governing rationalities. Focusing merely on the individual and nutrition aspects, the discourses overlook larger societal problems. In such a space, the children, teachers and parents become a site of the state's surveillance and are produced as docile bodies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 09510605 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/chso.12593 |
