Intersectionality and Detrimental Agency in Nigeria’s Researchscape
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https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v12i2.1611Keywords:
detrimental agency, intersectionality, intersectional wand, researchscape, higher educationAbstract
This study presents Nigeria’s researchscape as an archetype of sites where intersections of multiple identities of gender, race, and class are performed. Despite the acclaimed strength of intersectionality to unearth hidden oppressions, its commitment to addressing the oppressions it uncovers requires scholarly scrutiny.
The study takes a historical approach regarding intersectionality to probe into what comprises any intersectional focus in academia and how much the researchscape has benefitted from intersectional methodological thinking. Using methods of critical analysis and deconstructive argumentation, ‘Detrimental Agency’ is introduced to highlight how positionality and reflexivity influence multiple layers of oppression in academia, depending on who possesses the ‘intersectional wand’.
Funding Acknowledgements
This publication arose from a project financed by the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth (funded by the German Research Foundation under Germany‘s Excellence Strategy – EXC 2052/1 – 390713894).
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