Scientific Discussion: Commercialization Education

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• Selasa, 21 Juli 2020

Anthropology Students at the Anthropology Study Program, Faculty of Humanities, Udayana University held a Scientific Discussion with the theme "The Current Position of Indonesian Education". Departing from the assumption of commercialization of education, Paulo Freire reminds us that in fact education is only used as an accomplice in maintaining the grip of the dominant group. This is produced through the curriculum, teaching methods, to the teacher production system. Assumptions about education are believed by Freire as a tool to create humans who are able to support the manifestation of the dominant group. So it can be understood from Freire's quote, that education does not come together with value-free science. Through educational institutions, the interests of maintaining the influence of the dominant group are intensively carried out.

 

The scientific discussion on the commercialization of education presented two speakers, namely Dr. I Ngurah Suryawan (Anthropologist, Researcher of Bali and Papua) with the material entitled "Between Commercialization and Recognition: Ethnography of Education from Papua Land" and Riski Dimastio (SDMN) who brought the material "The Urgency of the Student Movement Demanding Educational Justice". The activity was held at 15.00 WITA, on 21 July 2020, virtually via Cisco Webex and Live Instagram. (ows)