Educide

Educide, often used interchangeably with the terms scholasticide and epistemicide,^[1]^[2]^[3] refers to the intended mass destruction of education in a specific place.^[4]

Educide has been used to describe the mass destruction in the Iraq War (2003–2011) and the Israeli invasion of Gaza (2023 – recent).^[5]

^ "The War on Education—in Gaza and at Home", In These Times, 2024-02-15, retrieved 2024-06-25
^ Glück 2024: "The term "scholasticide" was coined by Karma Nabulsi during the 2008–2009 assault on Gaza to describe Israeli attacks on educational institutions, placing them within a historical context of the "the systematic destruction of Palestinian education by Israel" since 1948 (Ahmad & Vulliamy 2009). The term has recently been expanded upon by a group called, Scholars Against the War on Palestine, to understand how scholasticide has "intensified on an unprecedented scale" during the present war to include the destruction of archives, libraries, museums and cultural heritage (Scholars Against the War on Palestine 2024)."
^ Alousi 2022, p. 331: "The word educide was first used by Pluto Press in Nov 2009, which questioned whether the systematic killing of Iraqi academics and the intellectual élite could constitute a case of educide (Baker, et al., 2009). The word can be traced back to the former UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, Hans-Christoph Von Sponeck speech in March 2011 at the Ghent university conference. The speech examined the cataclysm of Iraqi academia and the country's disastrous education situation. Von Sponeck touched on educide; as a wrongdoing utilising the words education and genocide while focusing on the assassination of the élite academics within the Iraqi educated society."
^ Alousi 2022
^ "UN experts deeply concerned over 'scholasticide' in Gaza". OHCHR. 2024-04-18. Retrieved 2024-06-25.

[1] "The War on Education—in Gaza and at Home", In These Times, 2024-02-15, retrieved 2024-06-25

[FOOTNOTEGlück2024-2] Glück 2024: "The term "scholasticide" was coined by Karma Nabulsi during the 2008–2009 assault on Gaza to describe Israeli attacks on educational institutions, placing them within a historical context of the "the systematic destruction of Palestinian education by Israel" since 1948 (Ahmad & Vulliamy 2009). The term has recently been expanded upon by a group called, Scholars Against the War on Palestine, to understand how scholasticide has "intensified on an unprecedented scale" during the present war to include the destruction of archives, libraries, museums and cultural heritage (Scholars Against the War on Palestine 2024)."

[FOOTNOTEAlousi2022331-3] Alousi 2022, p. 331: "The word educide was first used by Pluto Press in Nov 2009, which questioned whether the systematic killing of Iraqi academics and the intellectual élite could constitute a case of educide (Baker, et al., 2009). The word can be traced back to the former UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, Hans-Christoph Von Sponeck speech in March 2011 at the Ghent university conference. The speech examined the cataclysm of Iraqi academia and the country's disastrous education situation. Von Sponeck touched on educide; as a wrongdoing utilising the words education and genocide while focusing on the assassination of the élite academics within the Iraqi educated society."

[:0-4] Alousi 2022

[5] "UN experts deeply concerned over 'scholasticide' in Gaza". OHCHR. 2024-04-18. Retrieved 2024-06-25.

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