Intercultural dialogues on gender, marginality and higher education

Many scholars ask today whether there is a need for a common political frontier especially in its insistence on such prerequisites as gender. There is the feeling of political amnesia and individual inability to challenge the pervasive and continuously patriarchal power structures of governments, in...

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Author: Sempruch, Justyna
Format: article
Publication Date:2008
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
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Keyword:Education, Higher
Ensenyament universitari
Globalització -- Aspectes ètics i morals
Desenvolupament humà
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible::Globalització
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Recursos generals::Filosofia
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spelling Intercultural dialogues on gender, marginality and higher educationSempruch, JustynaEducation, HigherEnsenyament universitariGlobalització -- Aspectes ètics i moralsDesenvolupament humàÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenibleÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitariÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible::GlobalitzacióÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Recursos generals::FilosofiaMany scholars ask today whether there is a need for a common political frontier especially in its insistence on such prerequisites as gender. There is the feeling of political amnesia and individual inability to challenge the pervasive and continuously patriarchal power structures of governments, international corporations, and therefore also educational practices. Education is power, beyond doubt, but what kind of education, whose knowledge and whose interests are being represented, we still need to ask. Gender for that matter is not the only variable affecting educational experiences around the world. Now, that the ‘Western’ notion of global sisterhood, based on the belief that all women share an experience of oppression, has been abandoned, there is little basis for gender solidarity. In the light of such reflection, we attempt to address the feminist pedagogy of location with respect to the meaning of a ‘common ground’ in feminist knowledge, and how it affects the educational tactics of self-positioning, the very requirement for autonomous subject. Although volumes have been researched on the topic of gender, the power relations constructing the many categories that intersect with gender continue to trouble feminist inquiry: race, ethnicity, age, physical ability, dialect, citizenship, geographical location, religion, class, sexual preferences... One thing to admit is that no matter how much inclusiveness is at stake, the list of marginalities remains unexhausted. Judith Butler has referred to this once in terms of “the embarrassing etc. at the end of the list” (1991), and this position is relevant to our intercultural discussion. In this vein, to encompass multiple marginalities is indeed an impossible mission, invariably failing to be complete, but we do not believe to stop at this exhaustion.Peer ReviewedGlobal University Network for Innovation (GUNI)20082008-01-0120082008-07-02journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2099/5748reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2099/57482026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Intercultural dialogues on gender, marginality and higher education
title Intercultural dialogues on gender, marginality and higher education
spellingShingle Intercultural dialogues on gender, marginality and higher education
Sempruch, Justyna
Education, Higher
Ensenyament universitari
Globalització -- Aspectes ètics i morals
Desenvolupament humà
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible::Globalització
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Recursos generals::Filosofia
title_short Intercultural dialogues on gender, marginality and higher education
title_full Intercultural dialogues on gender, marginality and higher education
title_fullStr Intercultural dialogues on gender, marginality and higher education
title_full_unstemmed Intercultural dialogues on gender, marginality and higher education
title_sort Intercultural dialogues on gender, marginality and higher education
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sempruch, Justyna
author Sempruch, Justyna
author_facet Sempruch, Justyna
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Education, Higher
Ensenyament universitari
Globalització -- Aspectes ètics i morals
Desenvolupament humà
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible::Globalització
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Recursos generals::Filosofia
topic Education, Higher
Ensenyament universitari
Globalització -- Aspectes ètics i morals
Desenvolupament humà
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible::Globalització
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Recursos generals::Filosofia
description Many scholars ask today whether there is a need for a common political frontier especially in its insistence on such prerequisites as gender. There is the feeling of political amnesia and individual inability to challenge the pervasive and continuously patriarchal power structures of governments, international corporations, and therefore also educational practices. Education is power, beyond doubt, but what kind of education, whose knowledge and whose interests are being represented, we still need to ask. Gender for that matter is not the only variable affecting educational experiences around the world. Now, that the ‘Western’ notion of global sisterhood, based on the belief that all women share an experience of oppression, has been abandoned, there is little basis for gender solidarity. In the light of such reflection, we attempt to address the feminist pedagogy of location with respect to the meaning of a ‘common ground’ in feminist knowledge, and how it affects the educational tactics of self-positioning, the very requirement for autonomous subject. Although volumes have been researched on the topic of gender, the power relations constructing the many categories that intersect with gender continue to trouble feminist inquiry: race, ethnicity, age, physical ability, dialect, citizenship, geographical location, religion, class, sexual preferences... One thing to admit is that no matter how much inclusiveness is at stake, the list of marginalities remains unexhausted. Judith Butler has referred to this once in terms of “the embarrassing etc. at the end of the list” (1991), and this position is relevant to our intercultural discussion. In this vein, to encompass multiple marginalities is indeed an impossible mission, invariably failing to be complete, but we do not believe to stop at this exhaustion.
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