Social ecosystem for skills research inclusivity, relationality and informality

Metelerkamp, Luke; Monk, David

Title: Social ecosystem for skills research inclusivity, relationality and informality
Creator: Metelerkamp, Luke
Creator: Monk, David
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2023
Date: 2023
Type: text
Type: book chapter
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/434871
Identifier: vital:73112
Identifier: ISBN 978-1529224634
Identifier: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/transitioning-vocational-education-and-training-in-africa
Description: Eighty per cent of Africans work in the informal economy. In this chapter, we consider the highly informal, unregulated and often marginalized contexts that form the majority experience of living, working and learning. Situating the praxis of horizontal learning within these very normal contexts of informality demands renewed analysis into the questions of how horizontal learning is facilitated, by whom, with what resources, and why. Following on from Chapter 4, we develop our approach to social ecosystems further through two empirical case studies offering distinct lenses on to the informal sector. In Gulu, we consider the current dynamics of learning and inclusion among informal traders at a local market and in a set of food and clothing initiatives; in Alice, we reflect on an intentional effort on behalf of established, formal institutions to explore new approaches to teaching and learning through support of expansive informal learning in the context of food growing. While our focus across the book is on the range of labour markets and livelihood opportunities, it is appropriate to start our empirical chapters by focusing on the labour market of the majority.
Format: 22 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Language: English
Relation: Metelerkamp, L. and Monk, D., 2023. Social ecosystem for skills research: inclusivity, relationality and informality. In Transitioning Vocational Education and Training in Africa (pp. 75-96). Bristol University Press
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Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Bristol University Press Statement (https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/open-access)

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