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Title

The Subjectification of Black Engineering Educators: A Posthumanist Cartography.

Authors

Motala, Siddique; Abo-Al-Ez, Khaled M.; Adonis, Marco

Abstract

We are three Black engineering educators in South Africa who are inspired by the work of Ezekiel Dixon-Román and Eve Tuck. We critique several so-called "universal truths" that are apparent in engineering education from a posthumanist standpoint and focus on the subjectification of Black engineering academics. We draw a cartography of engineering education, to show how subjectivities are influenced by powerful agencies. The cartography gives an idea of the potestas that is exerted upon educators as a result of historical forces. We then give an idea of the potentia that is possible through micro-instances of activism.

Subjects

SOUTH Africa; ENGINEERING education; EDUCATORS; ENGINEERING; CARTOGRAPHY; ENGINEERING drawings; ACTIVISM

Publication

Qualitative Inquiry, 2023, Vol 29, Issue 1, p147

ISSN

1077-8004

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1177/10778004221099570