TY - GEN
T1 - The Immune System and Hindu Nationalism
T2 - 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2021
AU - Krishnamoorthy, Rishi
AU - Ma, Jasmine Y.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - We explore how (supposedly objective) science phenomena (the immune system) emerged as co-constituted with the nation-state and the militarization of bodies in a Grade 8 science lesson in South India. The teacher wove narratives of recent military action in the contested region, Kashmir, with explanations of how antibodies activate in the human body. We illuminate how, at the microgenetic level, Hindutva logics shaped students’ understandings of scientific concepts, and how this entanglement served Hindu nationalism.
AB - We explore how (supposedly objective) science phenomena (the immune system) emerged as co-constituted with the nation-state and the militarization of bodies in a Grade 8 science lesson in South India. The teacher wove narratives of recent military action in the contested region, Kashmir, with explanations of how antibodies activate in the human body. We illuminate how, at the microgenetic level, Hindutva logics shaped students’ understandings of scientific concepts, and how this entanglement served Hindu nationalism.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85144478409
T3 - Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS
SP - 1059
EP - 1060
BT - ISLS Annual Meeting 2021 Reflecting the Past and Embracing the Future - 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2021
A2 - de Vries, Erica
A2 - Hod, Yotam
A2 - Ahn, June
PB - International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Y2 - 8 June 2021 through 11 June 2021
ER -