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Rationalizing Cooperation: Moroccan Craft, Politics, and Education
Author(s) -
Nicholas Claire
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/aeq.12242
Subject(s) - craft , ambivalence , weaving , politics , state (computer science) , sociology , class (philosophy) , social class , political economy , public relations , political science , epistemology , law , social psychology , engineering , psychology , mechanical engineering , philosophy , archaeology , algorithm , computer science , history
State attempts to rationalize Moroccan craft education reflect the ambivalent status of traditional knowledge in a modern economy. Female artisans, recently organized as a cooperative, navigate this ambivalence in a weaving “theory” class and in their “occupation” of the cooperative structure itself. During performances of learning and cooperation, weavers fulfill the terms of the state's policies and their roles as “economic citizens,” while accomplishing local modes of belonging and the management of social relations.