Teaching To Transgress takes this critical stance about the ways in which our world is structured, and considers how this applies to teaching at university. If you’re not familiar with her, bell hooks is a black, female, American academic who has spent her career thinking and writing about how our current system, a white capitalist patriarchy, can be critiqued and challenged – she’s possibly most famous for her book Ain’t I a Woman? which highlighted the ways in which feminism excluded black voices, which current debates about intersectionality are indebted to. It’s a fairly short read, but very thought provoking. We have a hard copy available in the library, and you can also access the PDF online from the University of Texas. One of my favourite books about teaching was published 25 years ago, but the issues it raises are still very relevant today it’s Teaching To Transgress, by bell hooks (Routledge, 1994). Whilst I’m sure many of you will be using the summer to catch up with your research and writing, or to have a well-deserved break, this might also be a good opportunity to take some time to do some reading about teaching. The days are longer, travelling on the Tube has become unbearable, and City has become empty and quiet – this can only mean one thing: summer has arrived.
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