Democracy, emancipation and widening participation in the UK
Changing the ‘distribution of the sensible’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11476708 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kerry Harman (0000-0002-4118-7540, University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 92-108 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in the Education of Adults (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-0830 • E-ISSN: 1478-9833 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02660830.2017.1283757 |
| OpenAlex | W2593942212 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 35 |
The broad concern of this paper is how the relationship between education, democracy and emancipation might be conceived. This theme is explored through examining the contribution of a Rancierian conception of emancipation and democracy to rethinking widening participation in higher education. Following Ranciere, it is argued that taking equality as a starting point in higher education, rather than as a goal to be achieved through education, disrupts a prevailing logic of education as necessarily providing a pathway to emancipation. From this view the pedagogic practices of explication and mastery, which Ranciere argues work to separate academic reason and practical reason, need no longer be understood as the only way to be academic. It is proposed that this ‘redistribution of the sensible’ enables higher education to be conceived in ways other than available in ongoing educational debates and enables a move beyond an assimilation–recognition binary. Instead, widening participation can be understood as a space for opening up to experience, transformation and change for both academics and students. From this view, democracy is enacted in the here and now, rather than a goal for the future, and practice can be understood as a site for change
Democracy · Emancipation · Epistemology · Explication · Higher education · Philosophy of education · Political science · Politics · Redistribution (election · Social science · Sociology · Critical Theory and Political Philosophy · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |