Description
Current global trends suggest a time of exciting possibility for scholars as critical, community-engaged, and participatory epistemologies come to the fore. Yet, just as possibilities invite academics to broaden and deepen scholarship in ways unimagined a decade before, a parallel shift towards a neoliberal and accountability-focused culture -- both in the academy and in society -- imperils every new opportunity. In Dissident Knowledge , Noam Chomsky, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Yvonna S. Lincoln, and others delve into the effects of colonialism, neoliberalism, and audit culture on higher education. They present promising avenues of resistance and show how to shape, reinvent, and construct life for faculty in institutions that serve as both a safe harbour and enforcer.
About the Author
Marc Spooner is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Regina. He specializes in qualitative and participatory action research at the intersections of theory and action-on-the-ground. His interests include: homelessness & poverty; audit culture & the effects of neoliberalization & corporatization on higher education; social justice, activism, & participatory democracy. He has published in many venues including peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, government reports, and a wide variety of popularizations. Together with colleagues at the U of R, he also co-hosts a popular education series that takes place in pubs-not on campus-entitled Talkin' about School and Society. James McNinch is professor emeritus and former dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina. His research and publications have focused on teaching and learning in higher education, gender and sexual diversity, racism and white privilege, and the social construction of masculinity.
Reviews
"Fueling the current onslaught on higher education is the perfect storm of neoliberalism at its apex, totalitarianism on the rise, and enduring legacies of colonialism, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and imperialism. Education has never been guarded from such forces, but nor has it ever been free of contestation, and higher education in particular has long perpetuated injustice even as it seeded revolutions. Such is the searing analysis and nurturing of hope offered by an all-star collection of scholars [including Marie Battiste, Noam Chomsky, and Eve Tuck]." - Kevin Kumashiro, author of Bad Teacher!: How Blaming Teachers Distorts the Bigger Picture
"The space for dissent and democratic debate is quickly shrinking both in public life and academic institutions. This volume helps readers ask critical and conscious questions about what it means to contend for truth." - Gloria Ladson-Billings, author of The Dreamkeepers
"This book maps the path toward a university based on ethics and justice rather than corporate needs. It reaches anyone who wants to understand the social, political, and economic trends that define our times." -- William Ayers, author of Teaching with Conscience in an Imperfect World
"A rich examination of the impact of corporatization of our universities, as well as how they can be reclaimed." - James Turk, editor of Academic Freedom in Conflict
"The present collection is intended to serve as a tool for new and seasoned scholars alike who are seeking to navigate, critically resist, and collectively reclaim and reimagine the academy." Social Theory Applied
"Provide[s] critical perspectives on the impact of neoliberalism and new managerialism on universities." LSE Review of Books
Awards
Winner of Saskatchewan Book Award for Publishing in Education 2019.
Book Information
ISBN 9780889775367
Author Marc Spooner
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint University of Regina Press
Publisher University of Regina Press
Weight(grams) 428g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 6mm * 152mm
About the Author
Marc Spooner is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Regina. He specializes in qualitative and participatory action research at the intersections of theory and action-on-the-ground. His interests include: homelessness & poverty; audit culture & the effects of neoliberalization & corporatization on higher education; social justice, activism, & participatory democracy. He has published in many venues including peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, government reports, and a wide variety of popularizations. Together with colleagues at the U of R, he also co-hosts a popular education series that takes place in pubs-not on campus-entitled Talkin' about School and Society. James McNinch is professor emeritus and former dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina. His research and publications have focused on teaching and learning in higher education, gender and sexual diversity, racism and white privilege, and the social construction of masculinity.
Reviews
"Fueling the current onslaught on higher education is the perfect storm of neoliberalism at its apex, totalitarianism on the rise, and enduring legacies of colonialism, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and imperialism. Education has never been guarded from such forces, but nor has it ever been free of contestation, and higher education in particular has long perpetuated injustice even as it seeded revolutions. Such is the searing analysis and nurturing of hope offered by an all-star collection of scholars [including Marie Battiste, Noam Chomsky, and Eve Tuck]." - Kevin Kumashiro, author of Bad Teacher!: How Blaming Teachers Distorts the Bigger Picture
"The space for dissent and democratic debate is quickly shrinking both in public life and academic institutions. This volume helps readers ask critical and conscious questions about what it means to contend for truth." - Gloria Ladson-Billings, author of The Dreamkeepers
"This book maps the path toward a university based on ethics and justice rather than corporate needs. It reaches anyone who wants to understand the social, political, and economic trends that define our times." -- William Ayers, author of Teaching with Conscience in an Imperfect World
"A rich examination of the impact of corporatization of our universities, as well as how they can be reclaimed." - James Turk, editor of Academic Freedom in Conflict
"The present collection is intended to serve as a tool for new and seasoned scholars alike who are seeking to navigate, critically resist, and collectively reclaim and reimagine the academy." Social Theory Applied
"Provide[s] critical perspectives on the impact of neoliberalism and new managerialism on universities." LSE Review of Books
Awards
Winner of Saskatchewan Book Award for Publishing in Education 2019.
Book Information
ISBN 9780889775367
Author Marc Spooner
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint University of Regina Press
Publisher University of Regina Press
Weight(grams) 428g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 6mm * 152mm
