Reimagining Research for Reclaiming the Academy in Iraq: Identities and Participation in Post-Conflict Enquiry : The Iraq Research Fellowship Programme

This book is without doubt one of the most important publications that I have read for a very long time. These stories by Iraqi scholars raise many important insights, issues and questions. Their accounts provide some chilling insights into the terrible forms of oppression and discrimination that are part of the barriers to the realisation of an inclusive and creative development. It is extremely difficult to appreciate the pain and suffering that has been an integral part of their lives. Their accounts are readable and refreshingly honest. I do believe that there is a moral responsibility for all members of departments in universities to read and discuss this book as a matter of urgency. This needs to be done in terms of what we can learn about Iraq and in turn, to critically examine our own current conditions, relations, policies and practices, so that we can also struggle for a more inclusive system of educational provision and practice in higher education. - Professor Emeritus Len Barton, England Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Nobel Prizes for Iraqi Researchers?....Pages 1-15 Progress Through Overcoming Obstacles in Tuberculosis Research: A Synergy Between Developing the Academy and Healthcare....Pages 17-24 Banking Collapses: Transforming the Learning Environment in Iraq Through Forum Theatre....Pages 25-37 We don’t do Numbers! Reimagining Gender and Selves....Pages 39-52 A Journey of Learning: the Curriculum In Iraqi Schools And Higher Education....Pages 53-63 Experiences of Insufficiency....Pages 65-77 Mobile Phone Technologies and Diabetes: a Project for Self-Management and Education....Pages 79-87 Aspirations for New Position, Identity and Agency: Reimagining Research for Reclaiming the Academy in Iraq....Pages 89-97