Educational and administrative pilgrimages built national imagined communities

Evidence

The interlock between particular educational and administrative pilgrimages provided the territorial base for new imagined communities in which natives could come to see themselves as nationals (Calhoun 1991, 140). — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 604

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Educational and administrative pilgrimages forged national identity; An imagined community only solidifies when educational and administrative pilgrimages coincide — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 472; Colonial school hierarchies converted bureaucratic geography into national pilgrimage — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 462 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Educational and administrative pilgrimages forged national identity #corroborates (1.00)
• Colonial school hierarchies converted bureaucratic geography into national pilgrimage #exemplifies (0.95) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 462
• An imagined community only solidifies when educational and administrative pilgrimages coincide #qualifies (0.85) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 472
• Absolutism created meaning through bureaucratic pilgrimages that fostered solidarity #corroborates (0.85) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 225
• Shared journeys among strangers create the sense of an imagined community #expands (0.80) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 223