Critical University Studies Reading Group

¶ What is enjoyable about the reading group?

We had a discussion today, in preparation for potentially more members (and inspired by the reading)

• Not attached to ideas we present and similarly not attacking people for ideas – addressing the ideas themselves.
• Good faith discussion (we loving having a critical discussion, even if prompted by something dumb)
• Learning more than individually
• Being comfortable in silence, explicitly no pressure or anxiety about contributing
• Knowing each other as people, beyond our identities within the university
• A topic we all care for, a shared passion for the university
• In and about a place that we love (and maybe loves us?)

To consider in future:

• Other locations
  • Still allow hybrid in person-online
  • Connect with more of the place
  • Sharing kai
• Non-reading based meetups – potentially time and space to realise our university ambitions

¶ Past readings

¶ Critical University Studies Reading Group #7

Wahooo. Seems like we were all excited for this one. What part can we play within the reading group? Are there any key messages and actionable points we should consider?

Letssss gooo!

Reading this week: Interrogating the “Idea of the University” Through the Pleasures of Reading Together Tai Peseta, Jeanette Fyffe & Fiona Salisbury 2018 https://link-springer-com.ezproxy.auckland.ac.nz/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-95834-7_10

¶ Critical University Studies Reading Group #6

I picked this one because I want to see what they mean by “radical hope”.

Reading this week: Prising Open the Cracks in Neoliberal Universities

Catherine Manathunga & Dorothy Bottrell 2018 https://link-springer-com.ezproxy.auckland.ac.nz/book/10.1007/978-3-319-95834-7

¶ Critical University Studies Reading Group #5

Thank you so much to Barbara for suggesting the author Krystian Szadkowski for a little bit of Marxist analysis.

Reading this week:

In, Against, and Beyond: A Marxist Critique for Higher Education in Crisis Krystian Szadkowski and Jakub Krzeski 2019

https://www-tandfonline-com.ezproxy.auckland.ac.nz/doi/pdf/10.1080/02691728.2019.1638465 https://sci-hub.se/10.1080/02691728.2019.1638465

¶ Critical University Studies Reading Group #4

Critical University Studies reading group this week!

Reading this week:

Indigenous Inclusion and Indigenising the University August, 2022 Te Kawehau Hoskins & Alison Jones

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40841-022-00264-1

¶ Critical University Studies Reading Group #3

Tena koutou, Going a bit reflective this week, thank you to Sam for the reading suggestion.

Abolitionist University Studies: An Invitation January 19, 2022 Abbie Boggs, Eli Meyerhoff, Nick Mitchell and Zach Schwartz-Weinstein

https://viewpointmag.com/2022/01/19/abolitionist-university-studies-an-invitation/ OR longer version: https://abolition.university/invitation/#_ftn7.

¶ Critical Universities Reading Group #2

I’ve put in text particularly relevant to my work.

Azarmandi, M., & Tolbert, S. (2023). On the non-performativity of ‘being well’: A Critique of wellbeing in university policy. In A. Kamp, C. Brown, T. McMenamin, & V. O’Toole (Eds.), Wellbeing Global Policies and Perspectives Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond (pp. 205-204). Peter Lang.

¶ Critical University Studies Reading Group

First reading (21st March) “Counters to despair” (Sherri Spelic, 2023) in Higher Education for Good https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0363/ch2.xhtml (HTML) https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0363.02.pdf (PDF [Chapter 2])