Who is worthy of a place on these walls? Postgraduate students, UK universities, and institutional racism

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8360718
AutoresAkile Ahmet (0000-0003-4051-4914, London School of Economics and Political Science, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume52
Fascículo4
Páginas678-686
Data de publicação2020-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoArea (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0004-0894 • E-ISSN: 1475-4762
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/area.12627
OpenAlexW3021221691
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas21
Referências citadas17

This commentary provides insights from a study with black and minority ethnic postgraduate students at London‐based universities. The study entailed focus groups, photovoice, and in‐depth interviews. Drawing on this data, and influenced by the work of Yuval‐Davis, it is argued that black and minority ethnic postgraduate students often feel “out of place” in British universities because they find themselves in spaces calibrated to maintain white supremacy. I conclude that, as geographers, we are potentially ideally placed to interrogate these spaces and counteract their perpetuation of racism. We should do so as part of a sustained and critical reflection of our own disciplinary structures and praxis. Geographers might therefore help to foster a higher education landscape where black and minority ethnic postgraduate students are not only more visibly present in British universities but also feel that they belong and can flourish in them

Anti-racism · Discipline · Diversity (politics) · Ethnic group · Ethnic studies · Higher education · Pedagogy · Photovoice · Political science · Praxis · Racism · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · White (mutation) · Anthropology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Law · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development