In eastern Uganda “being educated” is an identity that people work on throughout their lives. They develop an educated identity through participating on committees, educating their children, and subscribing to a recognizable set of behaviors. Education is a “scaffold” that can be built up or knocked down, one that is related to, but broader than, experiences of going to school or being young. Moreover, “being educated” has ongoing political advantages: those who are seen as more educated tend to prevail in disputes and fare better with various authorities, and they are more likely to benefit from government and NGO schemes. Examples from different social situations highlight the need for an ethnographically open, relationally aware, and politically attuned approach to what people are doing when claiming an educated identity.

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教育身份

在乌干达东部，“接受教育”是人们终生追求的身份认同。他们通过参加委员会、教育他们的孩子以及采取一系列可识别的行为来培养受过教育的身份。教育是一个可以搭建或拆除的“脚手架”，它与上学或年轻的经历有关，但范围更广。此外，“受过教育”具有持续的政治优势：那些被认为受过更多教育的人往往会在争端中占上风，并且在各种当局面前表现得更好，而且他们更有可能从政府和非政府组织的计划中受益。来自不同社会情境的例子凸显了人们在声称受过教育的身份时所做的事情需要一种民族志开放、关系意识和政治协调的方法。