Abstract
Rejecting the conventional academic wisdom that tells us to “put community-based programs and partnerships on hold or on the side until we achieve tenure,” I resolve this day to hold my multiple subjectivities together by remaining holistic, committed, concerned, connected, and compassionate, but most importantly, centered in the constellation of my community. I will not be (re)moved. I will not be situated in an Academic Siberia – cold, isolated, alone, without connection, without story, without experiential memory. Upon traversing the borderlands of the Academy, I cling to my bundle – the intricacies and nuances of my personal landscape, my contested identity, and the artifacts of that contestation, recognizing that validation and reward lies in the confluence of Civic Engagement and Holistic Academic Practice—the meta-language of significant contribution.
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- Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
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- 2008-04-01
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- 10.59236/rjv7i3pp96-97
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References (2)
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Bateson (2001)Full Circles, Overlapping Lives: Culture and Generation in Transition
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Behar (1996)The Vulnerable Observer: Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart
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