Dangerous Counterstories in the Corporate Academy

Anglický jazyk

Dangerous Counterstories in the Corporate Academy

Vydavateľstvo: Information Age Publishing
Rok vydania: 2013
Formát: Paperback
Rozmer: 234 x 156 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9781623961237

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O knihe

Although the social reality is stark for progressive scholars who engage in scholarly activities or are
committed to guiding their students to develop a social-just praxis in the circles of higher education, some
scholars have found fissures amid the alienating, often hostile academic world to learn, grow, and create
transformative communities. Up to this date, however, their stories have not been captured. Therefore, the
purpose of this volume is to highlight alternative narratives generated by transformative scholars who have
maintained their oppositional identity to the structures that oppress the vast majority of citizens. By bringing
together these narratives, we focus on those who have joined with likeminded colleagues to teach, engage in activism, and conduct emancipatory forms
of research, learning to negotiate and survive academic and corporate realities in spite of restrictive climates.
Not only are these stories vital for helping students, academics, and the wider community understand how commercialized forces are impacting the
professional lives of critical scholars in the academy, they have the power to help current and future critical pedagogues define (and redefine)
themselves in a social world which is continually "promoting a narrow and intellectually stifling agenda for the role of education and turning the public
against the very idea of a critical education" (McLaren, 2006). As stated by Bruner (1986) stories give "a map of possible roles and possible worlds in
which action, thought, and self-definition are possible (or desirable)" (p. 2, cited in Collins & Cooper, 2005). These possibilities for definition and
redefinition are what we seek to present, explore and understand.