Decolonising the University by Gurminder K. Bhambra (English) Paperback Book

Description: Decolonising the University by Gurminder K. Bhambra, Dalia Gebrial, Kerem Nişancıoğlu Understanding and transforming the universities colonial foundations. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In 2015, students at the University of Cape Town demanded the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes, the imperialist, racist business magnate, from their campus. The battle cry #RhodesMustFall sparked an international movement calling for the decolonisation of the worlds universities.Today, as this movement grows, how will it radically transform the terms upon which universities exist? In this book, students, activists and scholars discuss the possibilities and the pitfalls of doing decolonial work in the home of the coloniser, in the heart of the establishment. Subverting curricula, enforcing diversity, and destroying old boundaries, this is a radical call for a new era of education.Offering resources for students and academics to challenge and resist coloniality inside and outside the classroom, Decolonising the University provides the tools for radical pedagogical, disciplinary and institutional change. Author Biography Gurminder K. Bhambra is Professor of Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies in the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex. She is the author of Rethinking Modernity: Postcolonialism and the Sociological Imagination (Palgrave, 2007) and Connected Sociologies (Bloomsbury, 2014), and the co-editor of Decolonising the University (Pluto, 2018).Dalia Gebrial is the editor of a special issue of the Historical Materialism journal on identity politics and co-editor of Decolonising the University (Pluto, 2017).Kerem Niancolu is a Lecturer in International Relations at SOAS, University of London. He is the co-author of How the West Came to Rule (Pluto, 2015), and co-editor of Decolonising the University (Pluto, 2018). He also blogs at The Disorder of Things. Table of Contents 1. Introduction: Decolonising the University? - Gurminder K. Bhambra, Dalia Gebrial and Kerem NiancoluPART I - CONTEXTS: HISTORICAL AND DISCIPLINARY2. Rhodes Must Fall: Oxford and Movements for Change - Dalia Gebrial3. Race and the Neoliberal University: Lessons from the Public University - John Holmwood4. Black/Academia - Robbie Shilliam5. Decolonising Philosophy - Nelson Maldonado-Torres, Rafael Vizcaíno, Jasmine Wallace and Jeong Eun Annabel WePART II - INSTITUTIONAL INITIATIVES6. Asylum University: Re-situating Knowledge-exchange along Cross-border Positionalities - Kolar Aparna and Olivier Kramsch7. Diversity or Decolonisation? Researching Diversity at the University of Amsterdam - Rosalba Icaza and Rolando Vázquez8. The Challenge for Black Studies in the Neoliberal University - Kehinde Andrews9. Open Initiatives for Decolonising the Curriculum - Pat LockleyPART III - DECOLONIAL REFLECTIONS10. Meschachakanis, a Coyote Narrative: Decolonising Higher Education - Shauneen Pete11. Decolonising Education: A Pedagogic Intervention - Carol Azumah Dennis12. Internationalisation and Interdisciplinarity: Sharing acrossBoundaries? - Angela Last13. Understanding Eurocentrism as a Structural Problem of Undone Science - William Jamal RichardsonNotes on Contributors Index Review A very well-researched and highly readable book that I feel compelled to highly recommend -- Journal of Applied Learning & TeachingA fine collection of knowledgeable yet readable essays which address a host of vital issues for our times: Eurocentrism, whiteness, power, free speech, inclusion and exclusion, and public higher education... A must-read for anyone interested in enhancing a historical understanding of our present through a consideration of what it means to decolonise -- Priyamvada Gopal, Reader in Anglophone and Related Literatures, University of CambridgeAs Robbie Shilliam notes astutely in this timely volume, criticism of decolonising the university often overshadows the project itself. These collected reflections provide a much-needed analysis of the global movement to unsettle the Eurocentric white academy -- Alana Lentin, Western Sydney University Long Description In 2015, students at the University of Cape Town demanded the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes, the imperialist, racist business magnate, from their campus. The battle cry #RhodesMustFall sparked an international movement calling for the decolonisation of the worlds universities. Today, as this movement grows, how will it radically transform the terms upon which universities exist? In this book, students, activists and scholars discuss the possibilities and the pitfalls of doing decolonial work in the home of the coloniser, in the heart of the establishment. Subverting curricula, enforcing diversity, and destroying old boundaries, this is a radical call for a new era of education. Offering resources for students and academics to challenge and resist coloniality inside and outside the classroom, Decolonising the University provides the tools for radical pedagogical, disciplinary and institutional change. Review Quote "Timely . . . . These collected reflections provide a much-needed analysis of the global movement to unsettle the Eurocentric white academy." New Feature Open Access - no commercial reuse You can copy and share extract, adapt and reuse provided you credit the original creator make no commercial use of the content Details ISBN0745338208 Publisher Pluto Press Year 2018 ISBN-10 0745338208 ISBN-13 9780745338200 Format Paperback Publication Date 2018-08-20 Imprint Pluto Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Kerem Niancolu Pages 272 Author Kerem Niancolu Media Book DEWEY 378 Language English UK Release Date 2018-08-20 AU Release Date 2018-08-20 NZ Release Date 2018-08-20 Illustrations 2 Tables, black and white; 2 Maps; 3 Figures Birth 1941 Death 1919 Affiliation Strativity, Australia Position Professor of Law Qualifications MD. Alternative 9780745338217 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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