My blog post on this is here: marginstwenty.home.blog/2022/05/29/on-… The piece includes discussion of the “controlling anxieties” (aka oppressive expectations and norms) of universities, such as their concerns regarding reputational management and their (un)controllable public image. #ica22
https://twitter.com/Chess_Ess/status/1531181395992879104
Drawing on Black feminist work, we consider the relationship between “controlling images” (see Patricia Hill Collins) and what we term “controlling anxieties” which institutions express in ways that convey who / what they deem to be “deviant” + in need of “disciplining”. #ica22
Examples of “controlling anxieties” in action include the loaded institutional framing of Black women scholars who unis position as exceptional / praiseworthy in ways that uphold respectability politics, and can constitute a form of “controlling image” reframed as support. #ica22
This piece builds on some of what I shared on Black opacity earlier this week. The blog considers mediated forms of conjuring involved in Black connectedness and creativity, as well as playing with the possibilities of shifting amounts of digital publicness and porousness. #ica22
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