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Vanessa Ozawa

Vanessa Ozawa

Vanessa is an Education Researcher at the International Rescue Committee UK, working primarily on the FCDO-funded Education Research in Conflict and Protracted Crisis (ERICC) Programme. This research initiative focuses on promoting education in conflict- and crisis-affected settings and exploring the role of education in advancing equity, social cohesion, and sustainable peace. Within the programme, Vanessa collaborates closely with scholars from the UCL Institute of Education, one of ERICC鈥檚 consortium partners, on issues related to gender, inclusion, social justice, and peacebuilding. Her work particularly engages with the contexts of Cox鈥檚 Bazar, Myanmar, South Sudan, and Syria. Vanessa specialises in Central Asian contexts, with a particular focus on the role of education in shaping national identity through the intersectionality of ethnicity, gender, and religion, areas that were central to her doctoral research. Email: vanessa.ozawa@nu.edu.kz

Education and national identity in Uzbekistan: An analysis of 鈥楾arbiya鈥� textbooks through a post-structuralist lens

classroom in rural Uzbekistan

This blog presents the preliminary findings of my doctoral research, focusing on the analysis of two Uzbekistani school textbooks, Tarbiya (Upbringing), in grades 10 and 11. Through the analytical lens of post-structuralism, I explore the role of education in shaping Uzbekistani youth national identity, critically examining the various national markers embedded within the curriculum.

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