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CATEGORIES:Twentieth Century Think Tank
SUMMARY:The science of childhood: postcolonial development
  in India\, 1950s - Arathi Sriprakash and Peter Su
 toris (Faculty of Education)
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UID:TALK132028AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/132028
DESCRIPTION:In this paper we examine how\, in the decade follo
 wing India's independence\, the psychology of chil
 dhood became a locus of experimentation\, and an a
 venue through which approaches to postcolonial dev
 elopment were expressed. Tracing the ideas of educ
 ational reformers\, psychological researchers and 
 child welfare advocates\, we show how a 'science o
 f childhood' in this period emphasised both the in
 herent potential and the emotional complexity of I
 ndia's young citizens. However\, while identifying
  this potential\, these actors at times circumscri
 bed it by deploying culturalist assumptions about 
 Indian childhood that were linked to a teleology o
 f the new nation state. These were ideas that shap
 ed a 'pedagogic' approach to postcolonial modernis
 ation. Nation‐building was not just a technocratic
  undertaking\, but an educative project that was s
 cientific\, spiritual and therapeutic in orientati
 on. We reflect on the need for a greater attention
  to the pedagogy of the state in analyses of past 
 and present state‐citizen relations.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philoso
 phy of Science
CONTACT:Richard Staley
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