Arthur from the Margins: Race, Equity, and Justice in Arthurian Studies

Arthuriana ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Richard Sévère
Keyword(s):  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 48-56
Author(s):  
Sara de Sousa ◽  
Omotolani Fatilewa ◽  
Tejal Mistry

This article presents a case study of BAME (Black, Asian and minority ethnic) student advocacy and its impact upon the curriculum of a large business school within a post-92 UK university. Learning from the University of Birmingham's (2017) ‘BME Ambassador Scheme’ and the ‘Curriculum Consultants’ model at Kingston University (2017), a programme of BAME Student Advocates was established in 2018 across this university, to raise issues of race equity with staff in positions of power. The scheme has grown from 10 BAME Student Advocates in 2018 to 14 in 2020, offering student advocacy on many aspects of university life, including employability services, the learning environment, academic skills workshops, student community and belonging, and the undergraduate curriculum. The role-holder is employed by the central Student Success Team, and partners with a senior member of staff in each academic school (and several other business functions) to collaborate on specific race equity objectives each year. One recurring aspect of the role involves offering diverse student perspectives on module content, delivery and assessment to achieve a more inclusive curriculum design for programmes with the largest awarding gaps. This article reflects upon the outcomes and lessons learned through conducting 24 such module reviews over a three-year period within a business school and proposes potential future developments.


2002 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter R. Allen ◽  
Robert Teranishi ◽  
Gniesha Dinwiddie ◽  
Gloria González ◽  
Gloria Gonzalez

1997 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 411-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRUCE CARRINGTON ◽  
ALASTAIR BONNETT

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-121
Author(s):  
Kafi D. Kumasi ◽  
Cynthia Jimes ◽  
Amee Evans Godwin ◽  
Lisa A. Petrides ◽  
Anastasia Karaglani

AbstractThis article presents the results of a preliminary study to examine the cataloging and classification schemes and ideological factors that play out in book discovery platforms for children’s and young adult books. Using Critical Race Theory and a Rapid Contextual Design approach to exploring the curatorial behaviors of school librarians when searching for diverse books, the study offers design ideas for retooling discovery platforms in ways that bridge the cultural disconnect that young adults from historically marginalized racial backgrounds experience in their libraries. The article concludes that in order for school librarians to find, recommend and teach about books that reflect race, equity and inclusion themes, they need more sophisticated and user-centered features that reflect critical race and multicultural analytic frameworks. This includes the need for a common vocabulary around issues of race, equity and inclusion that can simultaneously cut through the ambiguity of social tagging and yet subvert the status quo of entrenched liberalism and/or racially biased ideologies embedded in traditional classification schemes and hierarchies, such as those used in Library of Congress subject headings. The findings further suggest that school librarians would benefit from enhanced education and training in the intersections of cataloging, classification and critical race scholarship.


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