{"product_id":"reparative-universities-ariana-gonz-lez-stokas-9781421445601","title":"Reparative Universities: Why Diversity Alone Won't Solve Racism in Higher Ed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA timely investigation of why diversity alone is insufficient in higher education and how universities can use reparative actions to become anti-racist institutions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs institutions increasingly reckon with histories entangled with slavery and Indigenous dispossession, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts occupy a central role in the strategy and resources of higher education. Yet reparation is rarely offered as a viable strategy for institutional transformation. In \u003ci\u003eReparative Universities, \u003c\/i\u003eAriana Gonz疝ez Stokas undertakes a critical and decolonial analysis of DEI work, linking contemporary practices of diversity to longer colonial histories. Gonz疝ez Stokas argues that diversity is an insufficient concept for efforts concerned with anti-oppression, anti-racism, equity, and decolonization. Given its historical ties to colonialism, can higher education foster reconciliation and healing?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReparation is offered as a pathway toward untangling higher education from its colonial roots. Gonz疝ez Stokas develops the term \"epistemic reparation\" to describe a mode of social-historical accountability that can already be seen at work in historical examples, as well as current events in the United States, South Africa, and Canada. Recent legal decisions by Georgetown University and the Princeton Theological seminary to enact economic recompense for buying and selling human beings are evidence of attempts to redress higher education's violent histories and the colonial structures they reproduce every day on college campuses. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngaging with a broad range of theories from decolonial philosophy to organizational psychology, Gonz疝ez Stokas offers a pathway--guided by reparative activities--for institutional workers frustrated by what often feels, as Sara Ahmed describes, like \"banging one's head against a brick wall.\" \u003ci\u003eReparative Universities \u003c\/i\u003eoffers insight into why DEI efforts have been disconnected from past injustices and why unsettling diversity and engaging meaningful repair are critical for the future of higher education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ariana Gonz疝ez Stokas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421445603\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421445601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.60d","brand":"Ariana Gonz疝ez Stokas","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078148944127,"sku":"9781421445601","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a1200ac-e427-4cb8-814b-41733341ec3e.jpg?v=1685473813","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reparative-universities-ariana-gonz-lez-stokas-9781421445601","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}