Can Academia Be Decolonized beyond the Metaphor?

Autor/in	Pérez, Moira
Titel	Can Academia Be Decolonized beyond the Metaphor?
Quelle	In: Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 20 (2022) 1, S.21-40 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Foreign Policy; Educational Practices; Figurative Language; Educational Philosophy; Social Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Außenpolitik; Bildungspraxis; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Sozialer Wandel
Abstract	The paper evaluates the reach and viability of the call to "decolonize academia" and assesses what can be done in academic institutions by way of decolonizing practices. By distinguishing colonialism from coloniality, it stresses the material and structural dimensions of the latter as an on-going reality, and thus argues for the impossibility of "decolonizing" the academy as we know it. From this stance, it identifies an array of expressions of coloniality in the academy and presents a critique of metaphorical and/or allegedly performative approaches to decolonization. In doing this, the paper seeks to offer philosophical instruments for a thorough, self-critical reflection and intervention on academic institutions and teaching and research practices, in the understanding that these must be but a part of broader processes of social transformation. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Institute for Education Policy Studies. University of Northampton, School of Education, Boughton Green Road, Northampton, NN2 7AL, UK. Tel: +44-1273-270943; e-mail: ieps@ieps.org.uk; Web site: http://www.jceps.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01