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Trickle down this effect: negotiations of culture, care, and freedom in contemporary Cairo international schools
This thesis attempts to analyze the contradictions and practices of a neoliberal ethical project among a privileged class in contemporary Cairo. The growing presence and availability of international schools in Cairo has reconfigured particular aspects of culture, care, and freedom for elite subjec...
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| description | This thesis attempts to analyze the contradictions and practices of a neoliberal ethical project among a privileged class in contemporary Cairo. The growing presence and availability of international schools in Cairo has reconfigured particular aspects of culture, care, and freedom for elite subjects over the past forty years. The main research question is: how are globalized notions of well being, self-realization, and personal fulfillment transmitted through the work of neoliberal discourse and staff at international schools in Cairo. It has been identified in this thesis that certain forms of care and responsibility are tightly bound and shaped by a neoliberal project that emphasizes freedom and entrepreneurship. As these forms of self-fashioning and self-making are globally circulated through the work of international schools in Cairo, they further convolute meanings of "the good life" and striving toward its end which can often result in particular forms of suffering and shifting imaginations of relating to one's self. This paper has reviewed literature on the subject and accumulated a more thorough understanding from several interviews with teachers and counselors at international schools in Cairo as well as from surveying students at an international university in Cairo to show the ways in which privilege can too disenfranchise much like failed neoliberal policies in contemporary society. |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-2135 Trickle down this effect: negotiations of culture, care, and freedom in contemporary Cairo international schools Caldwell, Anne This thesis attempts to analyze the contradictions and practices of a neoliberal ethical project among a privileged class in contemporary Cairo. The growing presence and availability of international schools in Cairo has reconfigured particular aspects of culture, care, and freedom for elite subjects over the past forty years. The main research question is: how are globalized notions of well being, self-realization, and personal fulfillment transmitted through the work of neoliberal discourse and staff at international schools in Cairo. It has been identified in this thesis that certain forms of care and responsibility are tightly bound and shaped by a neoliberal project that emphasizes freedom and entrepreneurship. As these forms of self-fashioning and self-making are globally circulated through the work of international schools in Cairo, they further convolute meanings of "the good life" and striving toward its end which can often result in particular forms of suffering and shifting imaginations of relating to one's self. This paper has reviewed literature on the subject and accumulated a more thorough understanding from several interviews with teachers and counselors at international schools in Cairo as well as from surveying students at an international university in Cairo to show the ways in which privilege can too disenfranchise much like failed neoliberal policies in contemporary society. 2012-06-01T07:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1136 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/2135/viewcontent/FINAL_20THESIS_20May_2027.pdf The author retains all rights with regard to copyright. The author certifies that written permission from the owner(s) of third-party copyrighted matter included in the thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study has been obtained. The author further certifies that IRB approval has been obtained for this thesis, or that IRB approval is not necessary for this thesis. Insofar as this thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study is an educational record as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 USC 1232g), the author has granted consent to disclosure of it to anyone who requests a copy. Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Intertiol education Cairo |
| spellingShingle | Intertiol education Cairo Caldwell, Anne Trickle down this effect: negotiations of culture, care, and freedom in contemporary Cairo international schools |
| title | Trickle down this effect: negotiations of culture, care, and freedom in contemporary Cairo international schools |
| title_full | Trickle down this effect: negotiations of culture, care, and freedom in contemporary Cairo international schools |
| title_fullStr | Trickle down this effect: negotiations of culture, care, and freedom in contemporary Cairo international schools |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trickle down this effect: negotiations of culture, care, and freedom in contemporary Cairo international schools |
| title_short | Trickle down this effect: negotiations of culture, care, and freedom in contemporary Cairo international schools |
| title_sort | trickle down this effect negotiations of culture care and freedom in contemporary cairo international schools |
| topic | Intertiol education Cairo |
| url | https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1136 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/2135/viewcontent/FINAL_20THESIS_20May_2027.pdf |
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