Learning, Philosophy, and African Citizenship

Katariina Holma is Professor of Education and the Head of the Research Unit at the University of Oulu, Finland.Tiina Kontinen is Associate Professor in International Development Studies, and Academy of Finland Research Fellow at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

• 1. Introduction. By Tiina Kontinen and Katariina Holma.- 2. The ambiguity of learning citizenship: diverse conceptions based on different theories of democracy. By Minna-Kerttu Kekki.- 3. Learning citizenship through mimesis: an Adornian perspective. By Hanna-Maija Huhtala.- 4. Citizenship as practice of equaliberty. By Lenka Hanovská.- 5. From reactivity into freedom: reading Rosi Braidotti on sustainable citizenship. By Anna Itkonen and Katariina Holma.- 6. Communities and habits of citizenship: Everyday participation in Kondoa, Tanzania. By Ajali M. Nguyahambi and Tiina Kontinen.- 7. Learning in communities of practice: How to become a good citizen in self-organizing groups in rural Tanzania. By Benta Nyamanyi Matunga.- 8. Women’s collaborative ways of learning economic citizenship in patriarchal settings: Village saving groups in rural Uganda. By Karembe F Ahimbisibwe and Alice N Ndidde.- 9. Learning in urban self-organized groups: Technology-mediated citizenship in Dodoma, Tanzania. By Rehema Kilonzo.- 10. Learning marriage ideals and gendered citizenship in ‘God-fearing’ Uganda. By Henni Alava, Janet Amito and Rom Lawrence.- 11. Exploring notions of community learning into good citizenship. By Twine Hannington Bananuka.- 12. Conclusions. By Tiina Kontinen and Katariina Holma.