The Subjectification of Black Engineering Educators: A Posthumanist Cartography. (January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Motala, Siddique; Abo-Al-Ez, Khaled M.; Adonis, Marco
• Other Names: Kuby Candace R. guest-editor.; Bozalek Vivienne guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Qualitative inquiry. Volume 29:Number 1(2023)
• Page Start: 147
• Page End: 156
• Publication Date: 2023-01
• Subjects: posthumanism -- engineering education -- post-qualitative -- cartography -- Black subjectivity; Social sciences -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; 300.72
• DOI: 10.1177/10778004221099570
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8004

Abstract

We are three Black engineering educators in South Africa who are inspired by the work of Ezekiel Dixon-Román and Eve Tuck. We critique several so-called "universal truths" that are apparent in engineering education from a posthumanist standpoint and focus on the subjectification of Black engineering academics. We draw a cartography of engineering education, to show how subjectivities are influenced by powerful agencies. The cartography gives an idea of the potestas that is exerted upon educators as a result of historical forces. We then give an idea of the potentia that is possible through micro-instances of activism.