Decolonizing Indigenous Education An Amazigh/Berber Ethnographic Journey [Hardcover]

Using auto-ethnography, Taieb narrates the journey of developing a educational philosophy from and for the Kayble of Algeria and undertakes to write the sociological foundations of an Kayble education system.Prologue 1. Journey into my Land 2. My Auto-ethnographic Narratives 3. A Genealogy that Connects Me to the Land 4. My Experience in Kabylia 5. Ideologies 6. The Lights of the Kanun 7. The Founder and Foundations of my Village Epilogue

How do indigenous peoples raise their children within their distinctive cultures given the tensions experienced daily in an increasing climate of globalization? Taieb's response to this profoundly important question sits at the heart of indigenous cultures throughout the world. By drawing on an autoethnographic approach focusing on the Amazigh/Berber of Algeria, he is able to produce insights that penetrate the complexities of the strength and vulnerabilities of cultural recognition and recovery and the role that education can play in restoring hope and giving courage. - Wally Penetito, Professor of Maori Education, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

The need for indigenous scholarship by indigenous scholars is immense. Taieb's thought-provoking Amazigh/Berber autoethnography is a powerful reclaiming of culture, language, and identity. His poignant narrative episodes and reflexivity offer insightful glimpses of Kabyle life and landscapes and understanding of Berber culture. His resilience and voice challenge mainstream research and schooling. This inspiring, innovative text, a major contribution to indigenous, decolonizing pedagogies and methodologies, calls for critical, relational, voice-centered methodologies in human inquiry. - Mary H. Maguire, Professor of Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University, Canada

Taieb's study of the Berber/Kabyle culture of his ancestors breaks new ground in its exploration of indigenous knowledge. This is a celebration of an ancielC