ERIC Number: EJ1404214
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1356-2517
EISSN: EISSN-1470-1294
Questioning 'the Public': Exploring the Meanings of Public Engagement in Higher Education
John Gabriel; Jennifer Harding
Teaching in Higher Education, v28 n8 p2089-2103 2023
This article discusses an example of public engagement involving university staff and students, a local charity and older residents in a community oral history project. It is based on participants' oral and written accounts of their involvement. It critically examines the meanings of public, engagement and public good created through the project in relation to neoliberalism. It discusses publics as 'emergent' and various public engagement activities as 'assemblages', formed in particular historical and ideological discursive contexts, and reflects critically on the usefulness of these conceptualisations. It also reviews the operation of a potential counterpublic and its implications.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism, Working Class, Oral History, School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Community Involvement, College Students, School Personnel, Older Adults, Social Experience
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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