Name
Towards a Sociological Approach on an Anti-racist Academy - Six Principles to Foster Diversity
Date & Time
Thursday, April 15, 2021, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Jean Saint Paul
Description

The Power of An Antiracist Academy: Reimagining Systems & Structures, considering the current political and intellectual climate, is a very provocative and challenging topic that can be objectively discussed by intellectuals deeply committed to the creation of a better world, beyond void rhetoric. I wonder, how are power relations currently articulated within CUNY? Who dominates who? In the relations ‘agents’ vs ‘structures,’ who are those responsible for the maintenance and reproduction of systems that have prevented systemic changes within our public institution? As it is articulated, is CUNY’s institutional dynamic compatible with heterogeneity, ‘diversalité’ and ‘pluriversality’ of its actors? This proposal attempts to answer those questions while offering an interpretive approach helpful to advance towards the decoloniality of power and knowledge, as well as the demolition of discourses and practices anchored in soft segregation, and systemic and institutional racism.

Session Type
Presentation