University on the Border Crisis of authority and precarity
The volume explores and thinks through the process of decolonising the South African higher education system by examining #MustFall. The text offers theoretical insights from a historical, contemporary and multidisciplinary lens, while examining the embedded meanings of the university as an institut...
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| Language: | English |
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Stellenbosch
African Sun Media
27.08.2021
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| Edition: | 1 |
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| ISBN: | 9781991201348, 1991201346 |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter Table of Contents BOOK SERIES AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: University on the Border: CHAPTER 2: Gatherings of Academic Crowds as World-Historical Events: CHAPTER 3: MustFall–The Event: CHAPTER 4: Unequal Egalitarians: CHAPTER 5: Décolonisation Destituante CHAPTER 6: The Decolonisation of Myself CHAPTER 7: Precarious Authority and the Future of the University Back Matter
- Intro -- CONTENTS -- Book Series -- Author Biographies -- Introduction: #MustFall - Aporia, doubt and possibility on the border -- References -- 1. University on the Border: Crisis of authority -- Introduction -- On borders and authority -- (De)-authorisation and the refounding of the University -- The university is colonial, racist and patriarchal -- The composition of the academic body reflects white supremacy and patriarchy -- The University is elitist and exclusive -- The University curriculum is white and Western and obliterates other epistemologies -- Heteronormative patriarchal culture -- The governance, management and administration of the University is fully complicit with a colonial system of oppression and not to be trusted with decolonisation -- The University 'rational discourse' is a way of silencing black pain and constitutes an obstacle to decolonisation -- University knowledge and culture universalises the white experience -- The crisis of the University's authority in perspective -- Relevant knowledge versus universal knowledge -- Conclusion -- References -- 2. Gatherings of Academic Crowds as World-Historical Events: On the passage of a few students through brief moments in time -- Introduction -- World ordering in the long nineteenth century -- Synchronicity in protesting world ordering -- Berkeley, 1 October 1964 -- Paris, 10-11 May 1968 -- Tokyo, 21 October 1968 -- Kingston, 16 October 1968 -- Montréal, 29 January 1969 -- Struggles charged in the second moment -- The present juncture -- Protests making history worldwide -- London, 10 November 2010 (and again on November 24 and 30, and December 9) -- Santiago, 4 and 19 August 2011 -- Montréal, 22 May 2012 -- San Cristobal, 4 February 2014 -- New Haven, Connecticut, 5 November 2015 -- Cape Town, 9 April 2015 -- Seattle, 24 May 2016
- The wordly dialectics of university politics -- Conclusion -- References -- 3. #MustFall-TheEvent: Rights, student activism and the transformation of South African universities -- Introduction -- Student politics and protest in context -- #MustFall-The Event -- Retreating rights -- Conclusion -- References -- 4. Unequal Egalitarians: The root of seeing the few as the many -- Introduction -- The language of the many, the outcomes of the few -- Subordinate class: The paradox of the South African left -- The (partial) alternative of the 1970s -- A left alternative? -- The reality of race -- References -- 5. Décolonisation Destituante -- Introduction -- Mannoni's self-assessment -- References -- 6. The Decolonisation of Myself -- 7. Precarious Authority and the Future of the University -- Introduction -- Anguish and the search for answers -- Pedagogy, power and citizenship -- Canon constitution -- Academic freedom as the future of the University -- References