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The Scholars Countering Intersectional Racism and Oppression research cluster would like to invite you to a book launch of the recent publication Countering the Mythology of Inclusion edited by Dr. Teresa Anne Fowler, Assistant Professor of Education, Concordia University of Edmonton. 

 

• Wednesday September 28th, noon – 1 p.m. (MST)
• Online via Zoom: https://ucalgary.zoom.us/j/97634438733?pwd=UEMzckkvK0VNL3N5TFpoL3ZJSStNQT09
• Contact teresa.fowler@concordia.ab.ca to have a link emailed
• We will be giving away one copy of the book!

 

The Book:

Countering the Mythology of Inclusion is a collection of counter-stories which push against the current ideological understandings and practice of inclusion. The stories shared are ones that educators may not have considered as majority of educators are white thus, blinding us to the power of whiteness in an ‘inclusive’ setting. Inclusion, intended to provide equal opportunities to and education, was wrong from the start. By forcing children to conform into a system which responds to global economic demands, children who do not meet a predetermined outcome are left with a loss of choice, of their identity, of opportunities. This collection considers multiple intersections of race, gender, ability, bodies – each pushing back against the power of whiteness which models of inclusion currently maintain. The mythology of inclusion not only reproduces whiteness, but through a collection of add-ons such as GSAs, schools and educators remain complicit in this reproduction whilst engaging in performances of inclusion.

 

Can be purchased through DIOPress: https://www.diopress.com/countering-the-mythology-of-inclusion