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Record Nr.

UNINA9910642300703321

Autore

Joseph-Salisbury Remi

Titolo

Anti-Racist Scholar-activism

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

1-5261-5794-2

1-5261-5797-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

ConnellyLaura

Disciplina

370.890941

Soggetti

Minority activists - Great Britain

Minorities in higher education - Great Britain

Anti-racism

Racism in higher education - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: anti-racist scholar-activism and the neoliberal-imperial-institutionally-racist university -- Problematising the 'scholar-activist' label: uneasy identifications -- Working in service: accountability, usefulness, and accessibility -- Reparative theft: stealing from the university -- Backlash: opposition to anti-racist scholar-activism within the academy -- Struggle where you are: resistance within and against the university -- Uncomfortable truths, reflexivity, and a constructive complicity -- A manifesto for anti-racist scholar-activism.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on anti-racist scholar-activism in the margins of universities in the United Kingdom. The book raises questions about the future of Higher Education in the UK, and shines a spotlight on those academics who are working within, and often against, their institutions. Through the accounts of participants, the authors argue that another university is not only possible, but is essential. Working towards a 'manifesto' for scholar-activism in the book's conclusion, the book explores a range of concepts that might be thought to guide scholar-activism, including 'reparative theft', 'working in service', 'digging where you stand', and 'constructive complicity'. Throughout, the authors show 'scholar-activism' to be something that is complex



and multifaceted, and better thought of as a form of practice, rather than an identity that can be attained.