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Majee, Upenyu S.; Ress, Susanne B. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020
Internationalisation of higher education has mostly been theorised from a Euro-American perspective, taking less into account how legacies of colonial expansion impose unique demands on universities. This article highlights the tensions that arise when universities must respond simultaneously to transnational pressures for internationalisation and…
Descriptors: Postcolonialism, Local History, Global Approach, Higher Education
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Pappa, Eleftheria – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2020
The article discusses the position of classical antiquity in higher education in Brazil, taking into account post-colonialism in South America and calls for 'decolonisation' in the field of classical archaeology globally. It is concerned with how the subject of classical antiquity in Brazil intersects with ideals of classical antiquity as European…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Postcolonialism, Foreign Policy, Historiography
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da Silva, Guilherme Henrique Gomes; Skovsmose, Ole – Power and Education, 2019
In this article, the authors interpret affirmative actions with reference to structural violence, which is accompanied by legitimizing discourses that tend to make discrimination appear natural and unquestionable. They illustrate the extension of structural violence in Brazilian society with particular reference to access to higher education. It…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Affirmative Action, Access to Education, Special Needs Students