Reshaping the university : responsibility, indigenous epistemes, and the logic of the gift /

Reshaping the university : responsibility, indigenous epistemes, and the logic of the gift /

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Author / Creator:	Kuokkanen, Rauna Johanna.
Imprint:	Vancouver : UBC Press, c2007.
Description:	xxii, 222 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Education, Higher -- Philosophy. Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives. Education, Humanistic. Indigenous peoples -- Education (Higher) Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives. Education, Higher -- Philosophy. Education, Humanistic. Indigenous peoples -- Education (Higher)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6487126

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ISBN:	9780774813570 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0774813571 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780774813563 0774813563
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-211) and index.
Summary:	"In the past few decades, the narrow intellectual foundations of the university have come under serious scrutiny. Previously marginalized groups have called for improved access to the institution and full inclusion in the curriculum. Reshaping the University is a timely, thorough, and original interrogation of academic practices. It moves beyond current analyses of cultural conflicts and discrimination in academic institutions to provide an indigenous postcolonial critique of the modern university." "Rauna Kuokkanen argues that attempts by universities to be inclusive are unsuccessful because they do not embrace indigenous worldviews. Programs established to act as bridges between mainstream and indigenous cultures ignore their ontological and epistemic differences and, while offering support and assistance, place the responsibility of adapting wholly on the student. Indigenous students and staff are expected to leave behind their cultural perspectives and epistemes in order to adopt Western values. Reshaping the University advocates a radical shift in the approach to cultural conflicts within the academy and proposes a new logic; grounded in principles central to indigenous philosophies."--BOOK JACKET.
Other form:	Online version: Kuokkanen, Rauna Johanna. Reshaping the university. Vancouver : UBC Press, c2007

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Gift; 2 From Cultural Conflicts to Epistemic Ignorance; 3 The Question of Speaking and the Impossibility of the Gift; 4 Knowing the "Other" and "Learning to Learn"; 5 Hospitality and the Logic of the Gift in the Academy; Conclusion; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index.