Lars Müller: Diskurse und Praktiken der Schulbuchproduktion in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und England am Beispiel von Afrikawissen

What can we learn about Africa from textbooks, and where does this knowledge originate? This study understands textbook production to be a key node of societal discourse and practice, and analyses textbook knowledge in the context of its production conditions as well as debates within society. Focusing particularly on textbook production, Müller’s study critically questions and calls to relativise the common assumption that textbooks are produced in a top-down model. It also shows how many different actors contend in defining knowledge about Africa within the education sector. Ultimately, this book traces the spectrum of what is considered utterable in regard to knowledge about Africa and shows how certain knowledge holdings have become prominent and others marginalised.

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