Queering Higher Education Troubling Norms in the Global Knowledge Economy

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Synopsis

This interdisciplinary and international book subjects key areas of inclusion in the global knowledge economy to critical scrutiny from queer perspectivism. Drawing on empirical data from diverse international contexts including Chile, Finland, Japan, Malaysia, India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Tanzania, South Africa, and the UK, this book examines sites of affective antagonisms, fragility, and friction, and explores whether queer theory can provide alternative readings of contemporary pathways, pedagogical and research cultures, political economies, and policy priorities with higher education. Main themes covered include:

The Global Knowledge Economy and Epistemic Injustice
Decolonisation
Internationalisation
Feminist Leadership
Affirmative Action
Queering the Political Economy of Neoliberalism
Digitalisation of academic work
Both comparative and illustrative, this key text provides a comparative analysis that recognises epistemic diversity, multiplicity of experiences, and, importantly, the effect of comparative reason in constructing stratified universities’ world fields and excluded and marginal academic experiences. It also takes into account the colonial historical entanglements in the ongoing formation and disavowal of the university and academic labour.
Queering Higher Education: Troubling Norms in the Global Knowledge Economy is ideal reading for all those interested in queer theory and how it relates to higher education.

Book details

Series:
Foundations and Futures of Education
Author:
Louise Morley, Daniel Leyton
ISBN:
9781000828344
Related ISBNs:
9781003257431, 9781032190334, 9781032190358, 9781003257431, 9781032190334, 9781032190358
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
194
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2022-12-30
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2023
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Education, Nonfiction