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Title: Depathologising the university.
Authors: Goodley, Dan1 (AUTHOR) d.goodley@sheffield.ac.uk
Source: Pedagogy, Culture & Society. Jun2025, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p1001-1018. 18p.
Subject Terms: *College environment, *Universities & colleges, *Students with disabilities, Inclusion (Disability rights), Decolonization
Abstract: This paper develops a conversation with decolonisation to pitch a novel mode of engagement; depathologising the university. While higher education institutions are in the midst of an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion revolution, I posit that all is not well. Too often disability staff and students have been sidelined in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion discourse and practice and this paper addresses this omission. First, I pose a question 'what is the university for?' and consider two recent campaigns by Black and Minority Ethnic and disabled students in the UK that offer partial responses to this question. I argue that these campaigns not only implicate the colonial and ableist heritage of universities but also illuminate two critical modes of engagement: decolonisation and depathologisation. Second, to focus the discussion, I introduce Disability Matters; a new six year programme of research which seeks to promote more inclusive university environments through positioning disability as the driving subject of inquiry. Third, I offer some provisional and anticipatory thoughts by sitting with decolonisation in order to expand upon a project of depathologisation. I conclude with an appeal; desiring disability's disruptive qualities to rethink the university. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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