ERIC Number: EJ1302299
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-1740-4622
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On Whose Land Do I/We Learn? Rethinking Ownership and Land Acknowledgment
Cooks, Leda; Zenovich, Jennifer A.
Communication Teacher, v35 n3 p222-228 2021
In our semester original teaching idea, we detail possibilities of resistance to the neoliberal university by considering tribal critical race theory and postsocialist feminism as frames for decolonization. The semester takes shape by focusing on foundational readings to bridge decolonial and postsocialist thought as the basis for dialogue about neoliberalism as it manifests imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchy in our universities. Focusing on property ownership as a discursive link between neoliberalism, decolonization, and postsocialism, we ask students to theorize/analyze how ownership of property and communication of that ownership maintains, extends, and resists colonial, liberal, and capital forms of power in the institution. We anchor our theoretical application by presenting students with a case study about the indigenous lands upon which our universities are built/occupy accompanied by a discussion about university "ownership" of ancestral remains and sacred objects. In our final assignment/assessment, students use decolonial and postsocialist feminist theory in assignments and discussion to reimagine the neoliberal university's relationship to property. Applying their critical understanding of history and alternative approaches to knowledge and property, students construct statements of commitment to actions that the university should take as a result of land acknowledgment. Courses: Communication Theory or Methods and Intercultural Communication. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this activity, students will be able to: (1) identify discourses of institutional ownership as it relates to property, bodies, and knowledge and apply what they learn to a public document; (2) engage in communication inquiry about property, equity, justice, and ownership; (3) apply ethical communication principles and practices; (4) utilize communication to embrace difference; and (5) practice democratic deliberation focused on public ownership
Descriptors: Ownership, Land Use, Indigenous Populations, Neoliberalism, Higher Education, Critical Theory, Race, Communication (Thought Transfer), Social Justice, Feminism, Course Content
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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