On being included, racism and diversity in institutional life, Sara Ahmed
Type
Label
On being included, racism and diversity in institutional life, Sara Ahmed
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-220, 221-234) and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
On being included
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
748336552
Responsibility statement
Sara Ahmed
Sub title
racism and diversity in institutional life
Summary
"What does diversity do? What are we doing when we use the language of diversity? Sara Ahmed offers an account of the diversity world based on interviews with diversity practitioners in higher education, as well as her own experience of doing diversity work. Diversity is an ordinary, even unremarkable, feature of institutional life. Yet diversity practitioners often experience institutions as resistant to their work, as captured through their use of the metaphor of the "brick wall." On Being Included offers an explanation of this apparent paradox. It explores the gap between symbolic commitments to diversity and the experience of those who embody diversity. Commitments to diversity are understood as "non-performatives" that do not bring about what they name. The book provides an account of institutional whiteness and shows how racism can be obscured by the institutionalization of diversity. Diversity is used as evidence that institutions do not have a problem with racism. On Being Included offers a critique of what happens when diversity is offered as a solution. It also shows how diversity workers generate knowledge of institutions in attempting to transform them."--Publisher's description
Creator
Subject
- Universities and colleges + Sociological aspects
- Rasism + utbildning och undervisning + högskolan
- Diversity Management
- Racisme dans l'enseignement supérieur
- 71.37
- Enseignement supérieur + Aspect social -- 1990-
- Education, Higher + Social aspects
- Minorities in higher education
- Minorités + Enseignement supérieur -- 1990-
- Ethnic and Racial Minorities
- Rassismus
- Hochschule
- Universities
- Jämställdhet
- Minorités dans l'enseignement supérieur
- Högskoleutbildning + sociala aspekter
- Minoriteter + rasism + utbildning + högskolan + universitet
- Racism
- Cultural pluralism
- Racism in higher education
- Multiculturalisme + Étude et enseignement -- 1990-
- Discrimination dans l'enseignement supérieur -- 1990-
- 71.63 minorities question
- Minoriteter + utbildning och undervisning + högskolan
- 17.80 literary theory: general
- Cultural Diversity
- Diversité culturelle
- Queerteori
- Enseignement supérieur + Aspect social
Content
Author
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance2
Outgoing Resources
- Creator1
- Subject29
- Universities and colleges + Sociological aspects
- Rasism + utbildning och undervisning + högskolan
- Diversity Management
- Racisme dans l'enseignement supérieur
- 71.37
- Enseignement supérieur + Aspect social -- 1990-
- Education, Higher + Social aspects
- Minorities in higher education
- Minorités + Enseignement supérieur -- 1990-
- Ethnic and Racial Minorities
- Rassismus
- Hochschule
- Universities
- Jämställdhet
- Minorités dans l'enseignement supérieur
- Högskoleutbildning + sociala aspekter
- Minoriteter + rasism + utbildning + högskolan + universitet
- Racism
- Cultural pluralism
- Racism in higher education
- Multiculturalisme + Étude et enseignement -- 1990-
- Discrimination dans l'enseignement supérieur -- 1990-
- 71.63 minorities question
- Minoriteter + utbildning och undervisning + högskolan
- 17.80 literary theory: general
- Cultural Diversity
- Diversité culturelle
- Queerteori
- Enseignement supérieur + Aspect social
- Content1
- Author1
- Mapped to1