Excavating Black intellectual travel principles to reimagine the study abroad experience

Jamal, Sr., Malcolm

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Description

Title

Excavating Black intellectual travel principles to reimagine the study abroad experience

Author(s)

Jamal, Sr., Malcolm

Issue Date

2022-12-05

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

McCarthy , Cameron

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

McCarthy , Cameron

Committee Member(s)

• Span , Christopher
• Nobili , Mauro
• Witt, Allison

Department of Study

Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp

Discipline

Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Degree Level

Dissertation

Keyword(s)

• Black Intellectual Travel
• Study Abroad
• Post Colonial Theory

Language

eng

Abstract

This dissertation challenges the cultural and philosophical approach towards travel and the study abroad framework in higher education. Excavating Black Intellectual Travel Tradition Principles to Reimagine the Study Abroad Experience critiques the study abroad experience which begins well before the student leaves campus. The study abroad experience has already been problematized as being dominated by the tourist identity, but this project will go beyond this premise and will examine the genealogy of study abroad. Just as important, this research takes up the task of excavating a tradition of intellectuals which presents a new philosophical lens to travel which has been ignored and forgotten. The goal of this project is to spark conversations on how we can better challenge students intellectually, and be able to recruit and inspire students who have been ignored and viewed as outsiders. The inspirational elements of this dissertation stems from the excavation of publications written by Black Intellectuals that have been largely ignored for decades. Higher education has intentionally and purposefully ignored a long list of Black intellectuals from travel literature and discussions. Ironically, higher education would be better served to recruit, challenge, and inspire underrepresented students by using these same Black intellectuals as models for travel. This discourse analysis looks at the cultural rules, beliefs, and assumptions of travel that have been presented for social, and political reasons. Utilizing a postcolonial lens to guide this analysis, themes and patterns will be highlighted to draw conclusions for a new philosophy of travel for those seeking intellectual travel opportunities.

Graduation Semester

2023-05

Type of Resource

Thesis

Handle URL

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/120473

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