Epistemic injustice, university bordering regimes and international postgraduate researchers
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https://doi.org/10.33621/jdsr.v6i3.33241Keywords:
University, postgraduate, epistemic injustice, thematic analysis, marginalisation, research practice, race, belongingAbstract
This paper outlines the findings of a series of interviews with international PhD students in the social sciences at Newcastle University. It aims to: 1) understand how the university, as a bordering institution, has shaped the experience of international postgraduates; and 2) interrogate how these students are experiencing the process of articulating and undertaking their research under layers of restriction vis-à-vis Covid-19 as well as growing regimes of digital/biometric surveillance, costs, restrictions, and bureaucracy. Epistemic injustice is used as a frame to understand the operation of interlocking forms of oppression wherein the university is seen as a site of harm through direct and indirect discrimination.
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