Curious about George: Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies, STEM education policy, and colonial iconicity

Autor:	Rae Lynn Schwartz-DuPre, Helen Morgan Parmett
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Politics Frontier Literature and Literary Theory Aesthetics media_common.quotation_subject Reading (process) Curiosity Education policy Sociology Iconography Colonialism Iconicity media_common
Zdroj:	Textual Practice. 32:707-725
ISSN:	1470-1308 0950-236X
Popis:	This essay addresses the colonial and cultural iconography of Curious George as a curious monkey and contemporary Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) ambassador. We critically consider how the United States’ political desire to compete globally through STEM leadership is both promoted and popularised through Curious George. Drawing on Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies, we argue it is crucial to critically read the colonial grounds under which popular figures are predicated in concert with the circulation of contemporary politics. Specifically, we attend to the colonial roots of curiosity and the frontier mentality that underlie Curious George’s push for STEM education while advocating for the rethinking of discourses that situate STEM as a value-free solution to global competitiveness. Through a postcolonial reading of Curious George, we demonstrate how the historical relationship between curiosity, primates, and science also produce colonial connotations that should...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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