Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Social Governance of the Education System for Small Ethnicities in China: Strategies of Knowledge Representation

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2025 18 (4)
Authors
Kremnyov, Evgeny V.; Domashevskaya, Daria M.; Ivanov, Kirill A.; Sadovnikova, Olga N.
Contact information
Kremnyov, Evgeny V.: Irkutsk State University Irkutsk, Russian Federation; Sociological Institute of FCTAS RAS St. Petersburg, Russian Federation; ; ORCID: 0000-0001-5255-3772; Domashevskaya, Daria M.: Irkutsk State University Irkutsk, Russian Federation; ORCID: 000-0001-9294-4954; Ivanov, Kirill A. : Irkutsk State University Irkutsk, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0000-0002-3895-0082; Sadovnikova, Olga N. : Irkutsk State University Irkutsk, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0000-0003-4197-5552
Keywords
China; social governance; anthropology of education; ethnic education; knowledge representation
Abstract

This article addresses the relevant contemporary issue of the development of the education system for small nationalities in China. Following the state task of combining “unity and diversity,” Chinese authorities employ a range of strategies aimed at homogenizing the multinational society while considering the importance of preserving regional specificity. By analyzing the works of Chinese researchers in the field of the anthropology of education, we examine these strategies as practices of knowledge representation. The education system for small nationalities is primarily seen as a part of the overall system of social governance. Using the socio-epistemological approach proposed by I. T. Kasavin, we attempt to answer the question of what methods are used to achieve a “golden mean” in managing nation-building processes within the Chinese educational system and what the main contours of these processes are

Pages
804–811
EDN
LMTQLH
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https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/155113

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