Digital Art Masters Vol. 2

In Complaint! Sara Ahmed examines what we can learn about power from those who complain about abuses of power. Drawing on oral & written testimonies from academics & students who have made complaints about harassment, bullying, & unequal working conditions at universities, Ahmed explores the gap between what is supposed to happen when complaints are made & what actually happens. To make complaints within institutions is to learn how they work & for whom they work: complaint as feminist pedagogy. Ahmed explores how complaints are made behind closed doors & how doors are often closed on those who complain. To open these doors---to get complaints through, keep them going, or keep them alive---Ahmed emphasizes, requires forming new kinds of collectives. This book offers a systematic analysis of the methods used to stop complaints & a powerful & poetic meditation on what complaints can be used to do. Following a long lineage of Black feminist & feminist of color critiques of the university, Ahmed delivers a timely consideration of how institutional change becomes possible & why it is necessary.°°° Sara Ahmed is a feminist writer & independent scholar who works at the intersection of feminist, queer, & race studies. Winner of the 2017 Kessler Award from CLAGS, the Center for LGBTQ Studies, Ahmed has published ten books, including the cult classic Living a Feminist Life. "In Complaint! Sara Ahmed examines what we can learn about power from those who complain about abuses of power. Drawing on oral and written testimonies from academics and students who have made complaints about harassment, bullying and unequal working conditions at universities, Ahmed explores the gap between what is supposed to happen when complaints are made and what does happen. To make complaints within institutions is to learn how they work and for whom they work: complaint as feminist pedagogy. Ahmed explores how complaints are made behind closed doors and how doors are often closed upon those who complain. To open these doors, to get complaints through, keep them going, or keep them alive, Ahmed emphasizes, requires forming new kinds of collectives. The book offers a systematic analysis of the methods used to stop complaints and a powerful and poetic meditation on what complaints can be used to do. Following a long lineage of Black feminist and feminist of color critiques of the university, Ahmed delivers a timely consideration of how institutional change becomes possible and why it is necessary"--Publisher's description In Complaint! Sara Ahmed examines what we can learn about power from those who complain about abuses of power. Drawing on oral and written testimonies from academics and students who have made complaints about harassment, bullying, and unequal working conditions at universities, Ahmed explores the gap between what is supposed to happen when complaints are made and what actually happens. To make complaints within institutions is to learn how they work and for whom they work: complaint as feminist pedagogy. Ahmed explores how complaints are made behind closed doors and how doors are often closed on those who complain. To open these doors---to get complaints through, keep them going, or keep them alive---Ahmed emphasizes, requires forming new kinds of collectives. This book offers a systematic analysis of the methods used to stop complaints and a powerful and poetic meditation on what complaints can be used to do. Following a long lineage of Black feminist and feminist of color critiques of the university, Ahmed delivers a timely consideration of how institutional change becomes possible and why it is necessary. Institutional Mechanics -- Mind the Gap! Policies, Procedures, and Other Nonperformatives -- On Being Stopped -- The Immanence of Complaint -- In the Thick of It -- Occupied -- If These Doors Could Talk? -- Behind Closed Doors: Complaints and Institutional Violence -- Holding the Door: Power, Promotion, Progression -- Collective Conclusions -- Complaint Collectives "Drawing on oral and written testimonies from academics and students who have made complaints about harassment, bullying, and unequal working conditions at universities, Sara Ahmed examines what we can learn about power from those who complain about abuses of power."-- Provided by publisher