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eso-studies · 1 year ago

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ykw actually? the obsession with sources that are "appropriate" for use in academic spaces is just an excuse to devalue non-dominant knowledges/wisdom/forms of knowing and also a way to prevent us from accurately analysing phenomena we know are real.

it's a way of controlling what we can talk and learn about, and how we talk and learn about it. it's a way of ensuring that The Academy can still dictate the language we have to use, the information we can share, and the ways we can share it. i fucking hate it.

#eso speaks #i'm writing an essay and i'm mad #we're seeing this a lot around the Palestinian genocide at my university rn #they changed their inclusion policy to claim that criticising israel is antisemetic and are blackballing scholars who try to speak out #including threatening to take away scholarships #fellowships #etc #esp from Palestinian students and scholars who can't afford to lose their place bc then they'll get deported #and oh yeah their home is literally having bombs dropped on it #fuck academia #free Palestine

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