Article published on SLO pages

Article published on SLO pages

Much has been written about labor migration and its ties to globalization. Robyn Magalit Rodriguez’s book Migrants for Export, How the Philippine State Brokers Labor to the World is a major addition to the topic. This book can be found on the Sociology/Asian Studies shelf but might also appeal to readers having an interest in state, gender, neoliberalism and neocolonialism studies.

Much has been written about labor migration and its ties to globalization. Robyn Magalit Rodriguez’s book Migrants for Export, How the Philippine State Brokers Labor to the World is a major addition to the topic. This book can be found on the Sociology/Asian Studies shelf but might also appeal to readers having an interest in state, gender, neoliberalism and neocolonialism studies.

Mirca Madianou and Daniel Miller’s book Migration and New Media. Transnational Families and Polymedia is based on a long-term study conducted among Filipino mothers living in the UK and their left-behind children in the Philippines. Madianou and Miller explore how the mother-child relationship has changed with, and gets shaped by, new digital media such as cell phones, instant messaging, social network sites, blogging and webcams. The authors argue that media and relationships are mutually formed. Based on the evidence of their research with Filipinos, the authors develop the theoretical concept of ‘polymedia’, which has wider applicability

Mirca Madianou and Daniel Miller’s book Migration and New Media. Transnational Families and Polymedia is based on a long-term study conducted among Filipino mothers living in the UK and their left-behind children in the Philippines. Madianou and Miller explore how the mother-child relationship has changed with, and gets shaped by, new digital media such as cell phones, instant messaging, social network sites, blogging and webcams. The authors argue that media and relationships are mutually formed. Based on the evidence of their research with Filipinos, the authors develop the theoretical concept of ‘polymedia’, which has wider applicability

ABSTRACT
Roma in Maribor are an atypical community, working class and urban, but also one that is often subject to discrimination. By conducting interviews with 77 Roma elementary school pupils, the article tries to ascertain through questions about the peers’ and teachers’ attitude to Roma pupils whether and in what ways this is reflected in elementary school. The results show that majority of Roma pupils feel accepted by their peers and treated fairly by their teachers, while a few Roma pupils provide examples of open discrimination. Such results can be interpreted in the context of high quality work with Roma children by most education professionals, but also in the wider social context since inclusion of Roma children in the education system requires commitment of the society as a whole to improve not only their education but also employment opportunities and housing. The current situation in the society is not conducive to such changes; it is therefore left to teachers and schools to carry most weight.
KEY WORDS: Roma pupils, class mates’ attitudes, teachers’ attitudes, discrimination, elementary school

ABSTRACT
Roma in Maribor are an atypical community, working class and urban, but also one that is often subject to discrimination. By conducting interviews with 77 Roma elementary school pupils, the article tries to ascertain through questions about the peers’ and teachers’ attitude to Roma pupils whether and in what ways this is reflected in elementary school. The results show that majority of Roma pupils feel accepted by their peers and treated fairly by their teachers, while a few Roma pupils provide examples of open discrimination. Such results can be interpreted in the context of high quality work with Roma children by most education professionals, but also in the wider social context since inclusion of Roma children in the education system requires commitment of the society as a whole to improve not only their education but also employment opportunities and housing. The current situation in the society is not conducive to such changes; it is therefore left to teachers and schools to carry most weight.
KEY WORDS: Roma pupils, class mates’ attitudes, teachers’ attitudes, discrimination, elementary school

ABSTRACT
The text presents migration experiences as a field of learning interpreted through the biographic learning theory. Migrations represent important life transitions creating learning opportunities both on the macro level by individuals facing cultural systems, and on the micro level through tiny stories of an individual’s experiencing of relationships and transitions. The text deals with biographic learning as a process that takes place in everyday life and signifies a (re)construction of identity, knowledge, skills, attitudes and values. In this process, the subject is auto-reflective, an active “producer” of knowledge and constructor of their own identity. With learning, their life sphere changes through reflective narration and reflective practices of everyday life. The purpose of the paper is to analyse biographic learning and to describe it as a conceptual tool used to research learning by means of migrations as transformative experiences.
KEY WORDS: migration, biographical learning, disjunction, identity

ABSTRACT
The text presents migration experiences as a field of learning interpreted through the biographic learning theory. Migrations represent important life transitions creating learning opportunities both on the macro level by individuals facing cultural systems, and on the micro level through tiny stories of an individual’s experiencing of relationships and transitions. The text deals with biographic learning as a process that takes place in everyday life and signifies a (re)construction of identity, knowledge, skills, attitudes and values. In this process, the subject is auto-reflective, an active “producer” of knowledge and constructor of their own identity. With learning, their life sphere changes through reflective narration and reflective practices of everyday life. The purpose of the paper is to analyse biographic learning and to describe it as a conceptual tool used to research learning by means of migrations as transformative experiences.
KEY WORDS: migration, biographical learning, disjunction, identity