{"id":76,"date":"2022-12-31T22:30:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T05:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/davidlamchair\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2023-04-04T13:57:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T20:57:26","slug":"masterclass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/davidlamchair\/masterclass\/","title":{"rendered":"Masterclass: Stacked Weights"},"content":{"rendered":"

This masterclass was recorded on December 31, 2022, my last day as David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education<\/strong>. It presents a social cartography of stacked toxic challenges faced by Indigenous, Black and People of Color (IBPOC) navigating what Sarah Ahmed has called \u201cthe will to diversity in academia\u201d (Ahmed, 2012; 2022). Drawing on Sarah Ahmed\u2019s work, as well as other scholars who have taken the \u201caffective turn\u201d in social critique, in this presentation I argue that the institutional will to diversity is not a will or commitment to interrupting the naturalization and normalization of colonialism and\/or white supremacy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This presentation was created for colleagues who identify as IBPOC as a way to visibilize the complexities, paradoxes, risks, costs, burdens and price we pay as we navigate academic spaces where the naturalization and normalization of colonialism and cultural supremacy are uninterrupted. <\/span>Since this masterclass was created specifically for an IBPOC audience, it will use language and analyses that may be triggering, or cause cognitive and emotional dissonance, to people who do not identify as IBPOC. If you want to watch this presentation and you are not IBPOC, I ask you to take a step back to observe any resistance, anxiety or discomfort that may emerge for you. If you would like to explore what this discomfort, anxiety and\/or resistance can teach you, there is a list of resources that can support you under \u201cresources\u201d below.<\/span><\/p>\n