Main entry:

Kuokkanen, Rauna Johanna.

Title & Author:

Reshaping the university : responsibility, Indigenous epistemes, and the logic of the gift / Rauna Kuokkanen.

Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2007.

Description:

xxii, 222 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-211) and index.
Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Gift; 2 From Cultural Conflicts to Epistemic Ignorance; 3 The Question of Speaking and the Impossibility of the Gift; 4 Knowing the "Other" and "Learning to Learn"; 5 Hospitality and the Logic of the Gift in the Academy; Conclusion; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Summary:

"In the past few decades, the narrow intellectual foundations of the university have come under serious scrutiny. Previously marginalized groups have called for improved access to the institution and full inclusion in the curriculum. Reshaping the University is a timely, thorough, and original interrogation of academic practices. It moves beyond current analyses of cultural conflicts and discrimination in academic institutions to provide an Indigenous postcolonial critique of the modern university." "Rauna Kuokkanen argues that attempts by universities to be inclusive are unsuccessful because they do not embrace Indigenous worldviews. Programs established to act as bridges between mainstream and Indigenous cultures ignore their ontological and epistemic differences and, while offering support and assistance, place the responsibility of adapting wholly on the student. Indigenous students and staff are expected to leave behind their cultural perspectives and epistemes in order to adopt Western values. Reshaping the University advocates a radical shift in the approach to cultural conflicts within the academy and proposes a new logic; grounded in principles central to Indigenous philosophies."--Jacket

ISBN:

9780774813570 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0774813571 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780774813563
0774813563

Subject:

Freie Universität Berlin Allgemeiner Studentenausschuß Kulturreferat
Education, Higher Philosophy.
Education, Higher Aims and objectives.
Education, Humanistic.
Indigenous peoples Education (Higher)
Ethnophilosophy.
Discrimination in higher education.
Enseignement supérieur Philosophie.
Enseignement supérieur Finalités.
Éducation humaniste.
Autochtones Enseignement supérieur.
Ethnophilosophie.
Discrimination dans l'enseignement supérieur.
Kulturkonflikt
Indigenes Volk
Höheres Bildungswesen
Randgruppe
Diskriminierung
Weltbild
Universität
Iwi taketake.
Högskoleutbildning teori, filosofi.
Ursprungsbefolkningar utbildning och undervisning högskolan.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 310016
Call No.: BIB 255149
Status: Available