Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This paper develops a conversation with decolonisation to pitch a novel mode of engagement; depathologising the university.While higher education institutions are in the midst of an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion revolution, I posit that all is not well.Too often disability staff and students have been sidelined in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion discourse and practice and this paper addresses this omission.First, I pose a question 'what is the university for?' and consider two recent campaigns by Black and Minority Ethnic and disabled students in the UK that offer partial responses to this question.I argue that these campaigns not only implicate the colonial and ableist heritage of universities but also illuminate two critical modes of engagement: decolonisation and depathologisation.Second, to focus the discussion, I introduce Disability Matters; a new six year programme of research which seeks to promote more inclusive university environments through positioning disability as the driving subject of inquiry.Third, I offer some provisional and anticipatory thoughts by sitting with decolonisation in order to expand upon a project of depathologisation.I conclude with an appeal; desiring disability's disruptive qualities to rethink the university.
Source: Pedagogy Culture and Society
Author: Dan Goodley
Institution: University of Sheffield
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4391752632