Debt, Learning and Migration in the Time of Crisis
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https://doi.org/10.3384/rela.2000-7426.ojs1027Keywords:
Financial crisis, Jarvis model of learning, migration studies, pedagogy of debtAbstract
This paper discusses the issue of learning in adulthood by those who were indebted during the financial crisis of 2008-2009. The field research was conducted in Iceland, where interviews with indebted Icelanders and migrants were conducted, along with a broader ethnographic study. The result of the study is a model of learning based on Peter Jarvis model, but adjusted when it comes to the context of social crisis and the possibility of migration.
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