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Embedded Colonial Power: How Global Ranking Systems Set Parameters for the Recognition of Knowers, Knowledge, and the Production of Knowledge

Embedded Colonial Power: How Global Ranking Systems Set Parameters for the Recognition of Knowers, Knowledge, and the Production of Knowledge

Leslie D. Gonzales, Chelsea Waugaman
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 26
ISBN13: 9781522508199|ISBN10: 1522508198|EISBN13: 9781522508205
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0819-9.ch016
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Gonzales, Leslie D., and Chelsea Waugaman. "Embedded Colonial Power: How Global Ranking Systems Set Parameters for the Recognition of Knowers, Knowledge, and the Production of Knowledge." World University Rankings and the Future of Higher Education, edited by Kevin Downing and Fraide A. Ganotice, Jr., IGI Global, 2017, pp. 302-327. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0819-9.ch016

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Gonzales, L. D. & Waugaman, C. (2017). Embedded Colonial Power: How Global Ranking Systems Set Parameters for the Recognition of Knowers, Knowledge, and the Production of Knowledge. In K. Downing & F. Ganotice, Jr. (Eds.), World University Rankings and the Future of Higher Education (pp. 302-327). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0819-9.ch016

Chicago

Gonzales, Leslie D., and Chelsea Waugaman. "Embedded Colonial Power: How Global Ranking Systems Set Parameters for the Recognition of Knowers, Knowledge, and the Production of Knowledge." In World University Rankings and the Future of Higher Education, edited by Kevin Downing and Fraide A. Ganotice, Jr., 302-327. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0819-9.ch016

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Abstract

In this chapter, we carry forward the work of Gonzales and Núñez by analyzing one specific component of the ranking regime—global ranking systems—to consider how they impact the recognition of knowledge, knowers, and the production of knowledge within academia—issues and activities that are at the heart of faculty work. Using insights from Critical Policy Analysis and Anti-colonial theory, we find that global ranking systems create limits concerning the recognition of knowledge and knowers by: 1) a reliance on Western modes of legitimization; 2) rewarding those that achieve celebrity, massive reach on the basis of numerically calculated impact; and 3) equating knowers to resource generators and knowledge as something that is fundable. Implications for practice and future research are offered.

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