Notes from the Diaspora

by Marlon Simmons, Shirley R. Steinberg (Editor)

Overview

This book tends to the distinctive forms of Black life as they become situated within particular sociocultural networks, institutions, organizations and community establishments, conveying bearings generative of synergies in the quest of solidarity through Diasporic memory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433195136
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	09/30/2022
Series:	Counterpoints: Studies in Criticality , #535
Pages:	124
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.86(h) x (d)

About the Author

Marlon Simmons is Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Programs at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary. His scholarly work is grounded within the Diaspora, decolonial thought, qualitative research, and sociology of education. Related to Marlon’s teaching and research interests are network learning, governance of the self, and the role of sociomaterial relations with enhancing educational delivery.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments – Introduction: Notes from the Diaspora – Writing Black Life: Theoretical Underpinnings – Locating Black Life within Colonial Modernity: Decolonial Notes – Politics of Urban Diasporized Youth and Possibilities for Belonging – Diaspora, Citizenry, Becoming Human and the Education of African-Canadian Youth – The Race to Modernity: Understanding Culture through the Diasporic-Self – Dialogue with Fanon.