Philip Ss Howard
Biographic Data
| ID | 4377486 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip Ss Howard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip Ss |
| FAMILY NAME | Howard |
| SIGNATURE | HOWARD P S |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4989-9064 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Involving Humans, or Doing Good Work With Good People
This article engages the work of Caribbean theorist Sylvia Wynter—particularly her 1994 article, “ No Humans Involved .” We examine the unprecedented post-2020 climate of invitation and recognition of Black scholars, Black research, “Black excellence,” and Black Studies in the Canadian academy and inquire into its implications for research methodologies. We identify the current Canadian academic climate, like those that Wynter examines in her wor…
Against the “Likewise” and toward the “Otherwise”
This article turns to Sylvia Wynter’s writings to understand the ways in which the normative functioning of the Canadian university—its Likewise pedagogies—are always already grounded in the overrepresentation of (white Western) Man as synonymous with humanity such that Black and Indigenous lives are negated. It uses this analysis to understand what is at stake for Black communities in universities’ institutional claims to address anti-Black raci…
Performing Postracialism
Reflections on Antiblackness, Nation, and Education through Contemporary Blackface in CanadaBlackface -instances in which non-Black persons temporarily darken their skin with make-up to impersonate Black people, usually for fun, and frequently in educational contexts -constitutes a postracialist pedagogy that propagates antiblack logics.In Performing Postracialism, Philip S.S.Howard examines instances of contemporary blackface in Canada and argue…
Moving Us Nowhere
This article critically examines responses to the 2017 Quebec City Mosque massacre as expressed in a letter written to the public by the killer's parents in January 2018, and various forms of media coverage related to the letter. While the letter attempts to communicate the parents' grief and to express solidarity with Muslims affected by the attack, this article argues that Islamophobic logic is evident throughout, maintained precisely through t…
When dreams take flight
State schooling in North America has drastically under-served Black communities, and much educational research has explored visions of schooling that might provide a more relevant and socially just educational experience for Black students. Toronto’s Africentric Alternative School is the product of just such a vision. This article explores the aspirations, experiences, and practices of the first cohort of teachers at the Africentric Alternative S…
A laugh for the national project
This article investigates the ways that the ostensible humour associated with contemporary blackface incidents in Canada is constituted. It argues that the conditions of possibility for contemporary Canadian blackface humour are an anti-black libidinal economy dependent upon the tropes of biological racism, and a socially embedded, psychic association of the Black body with pleasure that was entrenched through slavery’s relations of domination. W…
On the back of blackness
This article is based on a qualitative research project examining the phenomenon of contemporary Canadian blackface. It addresses the discursive juxtaposition of blackface with the claim to Canadian racial progressiveness that typically attends public debates about blackface. I argue that blackface and the discourses defending it are forms of racial consumption through which ostensibly progressive white subjectivities are secured. I further argue…
Drawing Dissent
Taking the bull by the horns
In the midst of the complicated racial-linguistic landscape that is Montreal, Quebec, the educational experiences of the relatively small population of Anglophone Blacks are often invisibilized within the education literature, and relatively little attention is paid to the nature of Black students’ and educators’ struggles with racism and Eurocentricity within Anglophone schools in Montreal. This article makes a contribution to the empirical lite…
Turning Out the Center
Given President Obama’s current ambiguous stand on racial matters, many African Americans are asking legitimate questions about the implications of his presidency for African Americans and for antiracist struggle. They speculate about whether he has “sold out” or whether he is strategizing for a future moment when he will act decisively in the interest of African Americans in fulfilling his duty to serve all Americans. This article contends that …
When dreams take flight
State schooling in North America has drastically under-served Black communities, and much educational research has explored visions of schooling that might provide a more relevant and socially just educational experience for Black students. Toronto’s Africentric Alternative School is the product of just such a vision. This article explores the aspirations, experiences, and practices of the first cohort of teachers at the Africentric Alternative S…
Taking the bull by the horns
In the midst of the complicated racial-linguistic landscape that is Montreal, Quebec, the educational experiences of the relatively small population of Anglophone Blacks are often invisibilized within the education literature, and relatively little attention is paid to the nature of Black students’ and educators’ struggles with racism and Eurocentricity within Anglophone schools in Montreal. This article makes a contribution to the empirical lite…
On the back of blackness
This article is based on a qualitative research project examining the phenomenon of contemporary Canadian blackface. It addresses the discursive juxtaposition of blackface with the claim to Canadian racial progressiveness that typically attends public debates about blackface. I argue that blackface and the discourses defending it are forms of racial consumption through which ostensibly progressive white subjectivities are secured. I further argue…
Drawing Dissent
A laugh for the national project
This article investigates the ways that the ostensible humour associated with contemporary blackface incidents in Canada is constituted. It argues that the conditions of possibility for contemporary Canadian blackface humour are an anti-black libidinal economy dependent upon the tropes of biological racism, and a socially embedded, psychic association of the Black body with pleasure that was entrenched through slavery’s relations of domination. W…
Turning Out the Center
Given President Obama’s current ambiguous stand on racial matters, many African Americans are asking legitimate questions about the implications of his presidency for African Americans and for antiracist struggle. They speculate about whether he has “sold out” or whether he is strategizing for a future moment when he will act decisively in the interest of African Americans in fulfilling his duty to serve all Americans. This article contends that …
Taking the bull by the horns
In the midst of the complicated racial-linguistic landscape that is Montreal, Quebec, the educational experiences of the relatively small population of Anglophone Blacks are often invisibilized within the education literature, and relatively little attention is paid to the nature of Black students’ and educators’ struggles with racism and Eurocentricity within Anglophone schools in Montreal. This article makes a contribution to the empirical lite…
Drawing Dissent
A laugh for the national project
This article investigates the ways that the ostensible humour associated with contemporary blackface incidents in Canada is constituted. It argues that the conditions of possibility for contemporary Canadian blackface humour are an anti-black libidinal economy dependent upon the tropes of biological racism, and a socially embedded, psychic association of the Black body with pleasure that was entrenched through slavery’s relations of domination. W…
On the back of blackness
This article is based on a qualitative research project examining the phenomenon of contemporary Canadian blackface. It addresses the discursive juxtaposition of blackface with the claim to Canadian racial progressiveness that typically attends public debates about blackface. I argue that blackface and the discourses defending it are forms of racial consumption through which ostensibly progressive white subjectivities are secured. I further argue…
Moving Us Nowhere
This article critically examines responses to the 2017 Quebec City Mosque massacre as expressed in a letter written to the public by the killer's parents in January 2018, and various forms of media coverage related to the letter. While the letter attempts to communicate the parents' grief and to express solidarity with Muslims affected by the attack, this article argues that Islamophobic logic is evident throughout, maintained precisely through t…
When dreams take flight
State schooling in North America has drastically under-served Black communities, and much educational research has explored visions of schooling that might provide a more relevant and socially just educational experience for Black students. Toronto’s Africentric Alternative School is the product of just such a vision. This article explores the aspirations, experiences, and practices of the first cohort of teachers at the Africentric Alternative S…
Performing Postracialism
Reflections on Antiblackness, Nation, and Education through Contemporary Blackface in CanadaBlackface -instances in which non-Black persons temporarily darken their skin with make-up to impersonate Black people, usually for fun, and frequently in educational contexts -constitutes a postracialist pedagogy that propagates antiblack logics.In Performing Postracialism, Philip S.S.Howard examines instances of contemporary blackface in Canada and argue…
Against the “Likewise” and toward the “Otherwise”
This article turns to Sylvia Wynter’s writings to understand the ways in which the normative functioning of the Canadian university—its Likewise pedagogies—are always already grounded in the overrepresentation of (white Western) Man as synonymous with humanity such that Black and Indigenous lives are negated. It uses this analysis to understand what is at stake for Black communities in universities’ institutional claims to address anti-Black raci…
Involving Humans, or Doing Good Work With Good People
This article engages the work of Caribbean theorist Sylvia Wynter—particularly her 1994 article, “ No Humans Involved .” We examine the unprecedented post-2020 climate of invitation and recognition of Black scholars, Black research, “Black excellence,” and Black Studies in the Canadian academy and inquire into its implications for research methodologies. We identify the current Canadian academic climate, like those that Wynter examines in her wor…
Sociology (9 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Racism (6 works) · Race, History, and American Society (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · History (4 works)