Pedagogy Apr 2020

Disrupting Diversity Management

Adam Hubrig ; Jessica Masterson ; Stevie K. Seibert Desjarlais ; Shari J. Stenberg ; Brita M. Thielen

Abstract

This article shows how diversity discourse and programming function as a dominant pedagogy by highlighting three commonplace approaches to diversity: as a defense to mitigate a problem, as a commodity to be collected, and as a threat to those in privileged positions. The authors intervene in these approaches by forwarding a difference-driven pedagogy, which seeks to foster movement toward the practice of deliberation, the recognition of difference as in flux, and the willingness to be vulnerable in engaging the complex, messy work of difference.

Journal
Pedagogy
Published
2020-04-01
DOI
10.1215/15314200-8091903
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  1. Hubrig (2023)
    Beyond (Favor) Access: Constellating Communities through Collective Access
    College Composition and Communication

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