Venus in the Unvisible

Accounting for AntiBlackness in the International Higher Education Research Archive

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ID8924709
AuthorsKirsten T Edwards (0000-0003-1761-7675, Florida International University, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume59
Issue4
Pages440-452
Publication date2023-07-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-1946 • E-ISSN: 1532-6993
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00131946.2023.2248639
OpenAlexW4386888120
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited31

Critical race studies in international higher education remains on the margins. More so are analyses of Black subjects (nations, institutions, people, etc.) and/or knowledge traditions. In particular, there remains a dearth of research centering Black subjects as not only the unit of analysis, but also agents in the internationalization of higher education. These absences shape the way researchers approach the questions and problems of international higher education, perpetuating an archive of research that erases global Black experiences. The purpose of this article is to imagine a study of international higher education guided by Black studies. In conversation with two Black studies analytics—McKittrick's Black Unvisibility and the inquiries shaping Hartman's Critical Fabulation—I narratively and creatively explore the Black subject possibilities therein. Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 Here I conceptualize international higher education discreetly, as a subfield within the broader fields of higher education and international education research. This subfield is concerned with the interactions and relationships between postsecondary institutions between various nation-states. The subfield also engages inquiry regarding the ways in which international and intercultural attributes of higher education inform teaching, research, and service. Unlike studies into the globalization of higher education, or global studies, which consider transnational relationalities that span, flow over, and/or ignore nation-states, transcending and reconstituting national borders; international higher education centers the nation-state and the particular institutions therein (see Marginson, Citation2012; Shahjahan, Citation2019; Sidhu, Citation2006).2 Following the practice of Kimberlé Crenshaw, I capitalize "Black" as it refers to a cultural group. Conversely, "white" does not refer to a specific cultural group and therefore does not require capitalization

Globalization · Higher education · International education · Internationalization · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law

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