EDUCATIONAL ANTHROPOLICY

Welcome to Educational Anthropolicy, a website created by Jill P. Koyama, a sociocultural anthropologist committed to providing a public platform in which anthropologists, educators, and students can engage in, challenge, and contribute to contemporary dialogues and debates on educational policy.   With expertise in issues of education (broadly defined) and social policy, those situated in the field of anthropology and education are uniquely  poised to contribute to the multiple and intersecting policy conversations.  This site aims to integrate anthropological perspectives with scholarship from other disciplines to further  re-examine the linkages between culture, education, and social policy.

Construction continues  with additions being made weekly, sometimes daily. There are currently links to related websites, organizations, readings, places, and anthropologists and educational researchers whose innovative, thought-provoking, and timely work  explicitly addresses policy processes . Soon, it will also highlight books, articles, and related  readings.  Ultimately, Educational Anthropolicy will feature a bimonthly blog focusing on current issues in educational policy that will be hosted by different experts from the field.  Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email Jill: jkoyama@educationalanthropolicy.org.

Within the next two weeks, the Policy Formulation and Analysis class (Department of Educational Leadership and Policy (ELP) in the Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo, SUNY) will be blogging about contemporary educational issues and the policies aimed at attending to them.

11 June 2009

In the current blog post, I discuss the way in which I utilize actor-network theory to study educational policy.  Please respond to the post by sharing your thoughts on studying policy.