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Publication Date: 2022
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The Negotiations of Pakistani Mothers' Agency with Structure: Towards a Research Practice of Hearing 'Silences' as a Strategy
Gender and Education, v34 n6 p659-673 2022
Research shows that in Pakistan, daughters of educated mothers are likely to be enrolled in school, thus proposing a decontextualised relationship between mothers and their daughters' education. This article draws on interview data to narratively analyse the situated experiences of Pakistani mothers for supporting their daughters' education. When mothers' life stories are analysed, a lifelong strategy of "silences" is revealed. Through the construct of "silences," I challenge myself and other educational researchers to 'unlearn' the hegemonic epistemic cues that bind us to certain ways of knowing instead develop a critical openness to the perspectives of mothers and become 'hearers'. This article situates itself within the debates on epistemic justice -- proposing a practice of critical 'hearing' to understand the lifelong situated experiences of mothers in Pakistan.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Educational Attainment, Parent Background, Personal Autonomy, Daughters
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pakistan
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