Reviewing educational conceptualisations of transnational settler ignorance.
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| Title: | Reviewing educational conceptualisations of transnational settler ignorance. |
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| Authors: | Mattila, Ella, Lindén, Jyri, Annala, Johanna |
| Source: | Educational Review. Mar2026, Vol. 78 Issue 3, p412-436. 25p. |
| Subjects: | Settler colonialism, Ignorance (Theory of knowledge), Indigenous peoples, Inclusive education, Scientific literature |
| Abstract: | This paper investigates how majority societies' common ignorance about Indigenous peoples and ongoing settler-colonial reality ("settler ignorance") has been negotiated in the educational sciences literature. Understanding settler ignorance not as a simple "lack of knowledge" but a powerful issue undermining Indigenous rights and decolonial aspirations, this review sets out to gain new understanding of its dimensions in educational settings. The reviewed literature covers 51 peer-reviewed qualitative records from six settler-colonial contexts – Finland, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Australia, and Aotearoa/New Zealand. The emerging conceptualisations of the phenomenon of settler ignorance and ways of addressing it were explored through thematic synthesis. The findings suggest that settler ignorance has many faces: it is conceptualised as emotionally and ideologically contested knowledge-making, as wilful avoidance and resistance, and as a structural mechanism that transcends the question of individual cognition. Similarly, the proposed approaches to dismantling ignorance are diverse, emphasising the potential of educational content, building relationality, and critical reflection. Discussing the findings' implications, the article suggests how harnessing both context-based and transnational understandings about settler ignorance and its many dimensions could benefit reconciliatory processes between settler and Indigenous populations and signpost one approach to decolonising education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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