‘Where are you from? Your English is so good’: a Korean female scholar's autoethnography of academic imperialism in U.S. higher education

Kim, Hyunjin Jinna

doi:10.1080/09518398.2019.1681551

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“…This may be why, in recent years, a significant number of autoethnographies have been published which specifically explore the ways in which racism operates in Western higher education (e.g. Grant 2019;Kim 2020;McCoy 2018). These autoethnographies typically involve racial minority academics bravely recounting the ways in which they are subjected to racialised microaggressions within Western universities.…”

Section: Autoethnography As a Research Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘But you’re white’: An autoethnography of whiteness and white privilege in East Asian universities

Moosavi

2022

Research in Comparative and International Education

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It is well established within the field of Critical Whiteness Studies that white privilege routinely materialises in Western universities. Yet, even though a third wave of Critical Whiteness Studies is increasingly focussing on whiteness in non-Western contexts, there has been insufficient attention toward whether white privilege also exists in East Asian universities. This article seeks to explore this issue by offering an autoethnography in which the author, a mixed-race academic who is racialised as white on some occasions and as a person of colour on others, critically interrogates whiteness in East Asian higher education. It is argued that those who are racialised as white are privileged in East Asian universities and may even seek to actively sustain this. In departing from the dominant understanding of whiteness as always-and-only privileging, this article also explores the extent to which white academics in East Asia may also be disadvantaged by their whiteness.

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Section: Autoethnography As a Research Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘But you’re white’: An autoethnography of whiteness and white privilege in East Asian universities

Moosavi

2022

Research in Comparative and International Education

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“…We connected these proliferated and nonbrute data to extant concepts to illustrate how pandemic conditions and digitized contexts exacerbated ongoing concerns for international students such as: microaggressions, language barriers, and social isolation (Bittencourt et al, 2021;Heng, 2018;Kim, 2020;Lee, 2021;Nadal et al, 2014;Sue, Capodilupo et al, 2007;Taliaferro et al, 2020).…”

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“We Have to Survive, First”: Speculative Ethnographies of Chinese Student Experience During COVID-19

Dai

2021

Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies

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Our speculative ethnography of Chinese student experience in the United States during COVID-19 weds the tradition of speculative fiction (exemplified by the likes of Margaret Atwood and Octavia Butler) and digital autoethnography. The study is two-pronged: First, we articulate/map the methodological merits of speculative and digital autoethnography as particularly conducive to the crisis context of COVID-19 and its accompanying social isolation; second, we deploy said methodology within a population of nine Chinese students “trapped” in the United States during the COVID-19 period.

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“…International students' experiences, however, that relate to the negative effects of academic capitalism is the financial exploitation of international students by their institution of choice. Kim (2020) laments, "Higher education appears to be a sacred place for pure knowledge and education even though at its core, it is about money, more specifically, tuition. In my case, there were added values because I brought in 'out-of-state tuition'" (pp.…”

Section: Exploitation Of International Studentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, they often do not intend on allowing them to continue their studies at the same institution because they are not viewed as academically competitive. Kim (2020) states that "Despite the internationalization of U.S. higher education, systematic changes lag behind due to academic imperialism" (p. 500). She further remarks that "policy changes and efforts to promote and recruit minoritized scholars around the globe begins by critically analyzing current academic imperialism and the perpetuation of White dominance in higher education" (p. 504).…”

Section: Exploitation Of International Studentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Academic capitalism and the conflicting ideologies of higher education as a public good and commodity

Fredricks-Lowman

Smith-Isabell

2020

New Drctns Hghr Edu

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In this article, we provide an overview of the rise of academic capitalism based on the ongoing commodification and entrepreneurial trends in higher education. We begin by outlining the historical mission of higher education institutions (HEIs) and shift to discussing the current higher education landscape. In particular, we discuss how strategies regarding the financial security of the HEI benefit from the diversification of their revenue streams between education, industry, and research. We conclude with a discussion of how internationalization strategies have been impacted by the emergence of academic capitalism.

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‘Where are you from? Your English is so good’: a Korean female scholar's autoethnography of academic imperialism in U.S. higher education

Cited by 29 publications

References 40 publications

‘But you’re white’: An autoethnography of whiteness and white privilege in East Asian universities

‘But you’re white’: An autoethnography of whiteness and white privilege in East Asian universities

“We Have to Survive, First”: Speculative Ethnographies of Chinese Student Experience During COVID-19

Academic capitalism and the conflicting ideologies of higher education as a public good and commodity

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