FAMILY AS A SITE OF CONSOCIAL LEARNING: THE CULTURAL SOCIALISATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE PROCESS OF INTERGENERATIONAL EXCHANGE

• Authors: Deák Dušan , Kačāne Ilze
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article explores the family as an educational environment and space for the intergenerational exchange of knowledge. Focusing on the process of cultural socialization as viewed against the currently popular “culture wars” it employs the concept of consociality, which is aimed at grasping the diversity and unpredictability of human interactions, and has been recently rejuvenated by Ulf Hannerz. Investigating the consocial character of learning and intergenerational exchange within the family educational environment, the article takes examples from Slovakia and Latvia and problematizes the relationship between formal and informal learning to demonstrate how it changes knowledge infused with cultural meanings and references. The article argues that this process depends on the consocial conditions in which it is created. It also suggests that viewing the family environment in consocial terms provides us with an opportunity to rethink the role of experiences shared within the family and thereby mitigate ethnic-cultural essentialism.

Keywords

EN

INTER-GENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION; SOCIALIZATION; CONSOCIAL LEARNING; YOUNG PEOPLE

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovenský národopis (Slovak Ethnology)
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 69
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 399 - 415

Contributors

author

Deák Dušan

• Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, Šafárikovo námestie 6, 814 99 Bratislava 1, Slovak Republic

author

Kačāne Ilze

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.2478/se-2021-0023