Critique as delight,theory as praxis,mucking in |
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Authors: | Sarah Wright |
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Institution: | Discipline of Geography and Environmental Studies, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia |
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Abstract: | In this commentary, I call for a regenerative approach to critique, a ‘good judgment’ through which academics might nurture the capacity to name and undermine racist, patriarchal, colonising, and homophobic practices, while working relationally to create new worlds. Drawing from Eva Sedgwick's critique of ‘paranoid theory’ and taking inspiration from post‐colonial, feminist, and anti‐racist social movements and research collectives, I consider what it might mean to be an academic who ‘mucks in’, who is not afraid of putting her hands in the dung, and who moves reflexively towards, rather than away from, difficult questions and risky engagements. |
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Keywords: | praxis performativity regenerative critique social movements collaborative research |
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