Lehtonen, Aura ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6330-4640 and Pillay, Renginee ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6849-0585 (2025) Resistances to anti-racist and decolonial work in HE: reflections on discomfort. Compass: Journal of Learning and Teaching, 17 (2). ISSN 2044-0081 (doi:10.21100/compass.v17i2.1529)

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Abstract

This opinion piece uses anecdotal theory to reflect on student and staff resistance that the authors have encountered as academics conducting research on anti-racist and decolonial pedagogies in HE. We argue that such resistance is rooted in the hegemonic logics of disciplinary canons, pedagogical norms and the university, which, when challenged and disrupted, can result in feelings of discomfort. In this context, we recommend the creation of spaces to experience and learn from discomfort both productively and safely, by means of an embodied approach.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	anecdotes, anti-racist pedagogies, decolonisation, embodiment, safe spaces
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS)
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Last Modified:	28 Feb 2025 11:48
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/49899

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