Academic freedom and the enclosure of knowledge in the global university
- Title
- Academic freedom and the enclosure of knowledge in the global university
- Creator
- Federici, Sylvia
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Federici examines the "global enclosure of knowledge," where education is increasingly commodified and access is restricted to a wealthy few. Drawing on her experiences in Africa and the United States, she argues that academic freedom is under siege by corporate interests and the "logic of profitability." She calls for a resistance that involves rethinking grading systems, demystifying the hierarchy between teachers and "non-academic" staff, and rooting knowledge in the pursuit of a just society.
- Subject
- Academic freedom
- Education, Higher—Economic aspects
- Knowledge, Sociology of
- Privatization in education
- Globalization
- Federici, Silvia
- Education, Higher—United States
- Education, Higher—Africa
- Format
- Public Lecture
- Language
- English
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/773
- Archive
- Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University
- Extent
- 11 leaves
- Use/re-use
- Academic Freedom -- South Africa Universities and colleges -- South Africa Equality Liberty Education and state -- South Africa Education, Higher -- South Africa
- Publisher
- Rhodes University
- Is Part Of
- D.C.S. Oosthuizen Memorial Lecture 2013
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