Mobilising spaces of fugitive complaint within the neoliberal university

Ramakrishnan, Kavita, Ghaffar, Farhana and Priyadharshini, Esther (2025) Mobilising spaces of fugitive complaint within the neoliberal university. Gender, Place & Culture. ISSN 0966-369X

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Abstract

We reflect on a year-long series of experiments held in collaboration with doctoral researchers from minoritised backgrounds. These experiments included creative methods, zine-making and collective conversations, all of which constitute our co-theorisations of spaces of fugitive complaint. In this paper, we critically reflect on the use and value of these composite spaces, by thinking about how complaints are vocalised and are heard, and their fugitive possibilities. We centre not just listening but also grieving the university and reassembling ourselves in the wake of institutional violence. We argue that in conjunction, these three modes – listening, grieving, and recovering – are necessary to unsettle hierarchies of power within the university and speak to fugitive acts of imagining other liberatory worlds.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	complaint,fugitivity,neoliberal university,spaces of refuge and respite,co-production,sdg 16 - peace, justice and strong institutions ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Education and Lifelong Learning University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Critical Cultural Studies In Education Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Migration Research Network
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	10 Apr 2025 10:30
Last Modified:	15 Apr 2025 10:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/99012
DOI:	10.1080/0966369X.2025.2484693

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