Shahjahan, R. A. (2012). From ‘no’ to ‘yes’: Postcolonial perspectives on
resistance to neoliberal higher education. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education 35(3), 1-14. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2012.745732
“Various scholars have suggested ways to resist neoliberal conditions in higher education (HE). In analysing current neoliberal policies and practices in HE, I suggest that postcolonial theories of resistance can enhance our ability as faculty and administrators to understand and ‘resist’ these policies and practices. In this article, I review four modes of postcolonial resistance as described by David Jeffress (2008), mobilizing a critique of resistance as writing and cultural practice and challenging the reactionary nature of subversion and opposition. I argue that we need to place emphasis on transformational resistance, or the creation of new ways of being, knowing and doing in HE in order to transform the academy” (p. 1).
For the complete article: Shahjahan, Nov 2012