On being included : racism and diversity in institutional life / Sara Ahmed.

Main entry:

Ahmed, Sara, 1969- author. aut

Title & Author:

On being included : racism and diversity in institutional life / Sara Ahmed.

Publication:

Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2012.
©2012

Description:

x, 243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-220, 221-234) and index.
Introduction: On arrival -- Institutional life -- The language of diversity -- Equality and performance culture -- Commitment as a non-performative -- Speaking about racism -- Conclusion: A phenomenological practice.
Text in English.

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.

ISBN:

9780822352211 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0822352214 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780822352365 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0822352362 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9786613664242
6613664243
0822395320
9780822395324
1280687304
9781280687303

Subject:

Minorities in higher education.
Racism in higher education.
Education, Higher Social aspects.
Cultural pluralism.
Universities and colleges Sociological aspects.
Universities and colleges.
Racism
Cultural Diversity
Ethnic and Racial Minorities
Universities
Minorités dans l'enseignement supérieur.
Racisme dans l'enseignement supérieur.
Enseignement supérieur Aspect social.
Diversité culturelle.
Universités.
71.63 minorities question.
17.80 literary theory: general.
71.37.
Hochschule
Diversity Management
Rassismus
Minoriteter rasism utbildning högskolan universitet.
Jämställdhet.
Queerteori.
Discrimination dans l'enseignement supérieur 1990- ...
Minorités Enseignement supérieur 1990- ...
Multiculturalisme Étude et enseignement 1990- ...
Enseignement supérieur Aspect social 1990- ...
Minoriteter utbildning och undervisning högskolan.
Rasism utbildning och undervisning högskolan.
Högskoleutbildning sociala aspekter.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 310214
Call No.: BIB 255312
Status: Available

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