Academic citizenship and the (im)possible imaginaries of social justice: higher education in India and South Africa (SRHE)

Nandita  Dhawan; Dina Zoe Belluigi; Grace Idahosa

Academic citizenship and the (im)possible imaginaries of social justice: higher education in India and South Africa (SRHE)

Nandita Dhawan, Dina Zoe Belluigi^*, Grace Idahosa

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Recognising that the university is a site of struggle for democracy and justice, this paper prevents insider insights into academic citizenry within four Indian universities over 70 years after the country’s independence. Drawing from data generated from academics within four Indian universities, we analysed responses that revealed the limits and possibilities of academic freedom as 'professional freedom' within teaching, research, community engagement, governance and administration.

Insights were gained into the politics of participation between academic citizens within this transforming sector. Intersectional analysis revealed varied experiences of identification, in addition to constraints to exercising power. Substantial differences in ‘being’ and ‘belonging’ in academic functions emerged in relation to academic position and social location.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 10 Dec 2021
Event	Annual Conference of the Society for the Research of Higher Education: (Re)connecting, (Re)building: Higher Education in Transformative Times - virtual, online, United Kingdom Duration: 06 Dec 2021 → 10 Dec 2021

Conference

Conference	Annual Conference of the Society for the Research of Higher Education: (Re)connecting, (Re)building: Higher Education in Transformative Times
Abbreviated title	SRHE 2021
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	virtual, online
Period	06/12/2021 → 10/12/2021

Keywords

higher education
participation
inequality
academics
India
South Africa

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

1 Hosting an academic visitor

Nandita Dhawan
Belluigi, D. (Host) & Vieten, U. M. (Host)
2024 → 2027
Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor

2 Paper

Revelations about the intersectional struggles for academic freedom within Indian Universities (SRHE)
Belluigi, D. Z., Dhawan, N. & Idahosa, G., 10 Dec 2021.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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The academic and political project of Women’s Studies: (im)possibilities of transformation in higher education
Dhawan, N., Belluigi, D. Z. & Idahosa, G., 10 Dec 2021.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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Academic citizenship and the (im)possible imaginaries of social justice: higher education in India and South Africa (SRHE). / Dhawan, Nandita; Belluigi, Dina Zoe; Idahosa, Grace.
2021. Annual Conference of the Society for the Research of Higher Education: (Re)connecting, (Re)building: Higher Education in Transformative Times, virtual, online, United Kingdom.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Other contribution to conference › peer-review

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Academic citizenship and the (im)possible imaginaries of social justice: higher education in India and South Africa (SRHE)

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Revelations about the intersectional struggles for academic freedom within Indian Universities (SRHE)

The academic and political project of Women’s Studies: (im)possibilities of transformation in higher education

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