Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor, Jan 6, 2018
My entry into the academy was different than many of my colleagues who enter as tenure track facu... more My entry into the academy was different than many of my colleagues who enter as tenure track faculty, or with dreams of the tenure-track. Like a growing number of faculty, I came to the university as an adjunct. I was not quite aware of what the particular differences between tenure track and non-tenure track even were before I began teaching. Being naïve taught me a lot about reality in the academic world. It also exposed the tensions and politics of being an academic and an activist.
The purpose of this study is to understand the culture of one of the newest branches of tradition... more The purpose of this study is to understand the culture of one of the newest branches of traditional Yorùbá Ifá/Òrìṣà practice in the United States from practitioners born in the United States that were initiated in Nigeria, West Africa.The epistemology of the Ifá/Òrìṣà belief system in the United States has been based on the history and influence of Regla de Ocha or Santeria that developed out of Cuban innovation and practice.This is an ethnographic and auto-ethnographic study that pulls from participant observation, field notes, interviews, and photos as data.The central question of this dissertation is what are the challenges and opportunities for this branch of practitioners in the United States who were initiated in the Ifá/Òrìṣà practice in Nigeria?Some of the main findings indicate that the opportunities include:opening doors intellectually and spiritually about African philosophical thought and ethics were that:it instills a sense of spiritual discipline; it lays the foundati...
Then I remember why I still work in a university. It's because I'm an activist-scholar, s... more Then I remember why I still work in a university. It's because I'm an activist-scholar, someone who sees the value in radical education and into public debate of ideas which challenges the norm. I bring my activism into the university for a number of reasons. In spite of the way they are being re-engineered, universities are still amazing places of encounter, conflict, diversity and debate (not to mention resources), and it is crucial that we find ways to defend and expand these and open them up to others. Engaging with the activist world, while it raises the eyebrows of many senior colleagues, excites and inspires my students. (Chatterton, P., 2008) Chatterton (2008) took some of the words out of my mouth in partially explaining my 20 years teaching at the University of Massachusetts Boston as an activist-scholar. My entry into the academy was different than many of my colleagues who enter as tenure track faculty, or with dreams of the tenure-track. Like a growing number of...
Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge, 2007
Unlike the colonialism of Africa, where Africans were the majority population, enslaved Africans ... more Unlike the colonialism of Africa, where Africans were the majority population, enslaved Africans began populating the U.S. colonies of North America along with English settlers and emerging as a domestic colony. While in the early stages, Africans in the U.S. colonies were classified as indentured servants, the distinction as slaves began to sharpen in 1640 "when three runaway servants, two white and one black were recaptured, [and] the court ordered the white servants to serve their master one additional year. The black servant, however, was ordered 'to serve his said master or his assigns for the time of his natural life here or elsewhere.'" (1) The Africans were a very significant part of the development of the United States. "Slaves supplied the foundation of the American economy in three ways: as a basic commodity in the New England-West Indian trade, as workers producing agricultural commodities for the market, and as property." (2) While they were ...
Follow this and additional works at: http://aura.antioch.edu/etds Part of the African American St... more Follow this and additional works at: http://aura.antioch.edu/etds Part of the African American Studies Commons, African History Commons, African Languages and Societies Commons, African Studies Commons, Caribbean Languages and Societies Commons, Epistemology Commons, History of Religion Commons, Leadership Studies Commons, Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons, and the Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons
My entry into the academy was different than many of my colleagues who enter as tenure track facu... more My entry into the academy was different than many of my colleagues who enter as tenure track faculty, or with dreams of the tenure-track. Like a growing number of faculty, I came to the university as an adjunct. I was not quite aware of what the particular differences between tenure track and non-tenure track even were before I began teaching. Being naive taught me a lot about reality in the academic world. It also exposed the tensions and politics of being an academic and an activist.
Human Architecture Journal of the Sociology of Self Knowledge, 2007
... who are trying to realign a fragmented movement is how do we prepare for the response of a vi... more ... who are trying to realign a fragmented movement is how do we prepare for the response of a violent, indebted government at war with Iraq, tempting Iran, and losing influence in its ... 7 Kamara and Van Der Meer: On the Dialectics of Domestic Colonialism & the Role of Violence ...
Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor, Jan 6, 2018
My entry into the academy was different than many of my colleagues who enter as tenure track facu... more My entry into the academy was different than many of my colleagues who enter as tenure track faculty, or with dreams of the tenure-track. Like a growing number of faculty, I came to the university as an adjunct. I was not quite aware of what the particular differences between tenure track and non-tenure track even were before I began teaching. Being naïve taught me a lot about reality in the academic world. It also exposed the tensions and politics of being an academic and an activist.
The purpose of this study is to understand the culture of one of the newest branches of tradition... more The purpose of this study is to understand the culture of one of the newest branches of traditional Yorùbá Ifá/Òrìṣà practice in the United States from practitioners born in the United States that were initiated in Nigeria, West Africa.The epistemology of the Ifá/Òrìṣà belief system in the United States has been based on the history and influence of Regla de Ocha or Santeria that developed out of Cuban innovation and practice.This is an ethnographic and auto-ethnographic study that pulls from participant observation, field notes, interviews, and photos as data.The central question of this dissertation is what are the challenges and opportunities for this branch of practitioners in the United States who were initiated in the Ifá/Òrìṣà practice in Nigeria?Some of the main findings indicate that the opportunities include:opening doors intellectually and spiritually about African philosophical thought and ethics were that:it instills a sense of spiritual discipline; it lays the foundati...
Then I remember why I still work in a university. It's because I'm an activist-scholar, s... more Then I remember why I still work in a university. It's because I'm an activist-scholar, someone who sees the value in radical education and into public debate of ideas which challenges the norm. I bring my activism into the university for a number of reasons. In spite of the way they are being re-engineered, universities are still amazing places of encounter, conflict, diversity and debate (not to mention resources), and it is crucial that we find ways to defend and expand these and open them up to others. Engaging with the activist world, while it raises the eyebrows of many senior colleagues, excites and inspires my students. (Chatterton, P., 2008) Chatterton (2008) took some of the words out of my mouth in partially explaining my 20 years teaching at the University of Massachusetts Boston as an activist-scholar. My entry into the academy was different than many of my colleagues who enter as tenure track faculty, or with dreams of the tenure-track. Like a growing number of...
Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge, 2007
Unlike the colonialism of Africa, where Africans were the majority population, enslaved Africans ... more Unlike the colonialism of Africa, where Africans were the majority population, enslaved Africans began populating the U.S. colonies of North America along with English settlers and emerging as a domestic colony. While in the early stages, Africans in the U.S. colonies were classified as indentured servants, the distinction as slaves began to sharpen in 1640 "when three runaway servants, two white and one black were recaptured, [and] the court ordered the white servants to serve their master one additional year. The black servant, however, was ordered 'to serve his said master or his assigns for the time of his natural life here or elsewhere.'" (1) The Africans were a very significant part of the development of the United States. "Slaves supplied the foundation of the American economy in three ways: as a basic commodity in the New England-West Indian trade, as workers producing agricultural commodities for the market, and as property." (2) While they were ...
Follow this and additional works at: http://aura.antioch.edu/etds Part of the African American St... more Follow this and additional works at: http://aura.antioch.edu/etds Part of the African American Studies Commons, African History Commons, African Languages and Societies Commons, African Studies Commons, Caribbean Languages and Societies Commons, Epistemology Commons, History of Religion Commons, Leadership Studies Commons, Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons, and the Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons
My entry into the academy was different than many of my colleagues who enter as tenure track facu... more My entry into the academy was different than many of my colleagues who enter as tenure track faculty, or with dreams of the tenure-track. Like a growing number of faculty, I came to the university as an adjunct. I was not quite aware of what the particular differences between tenure track and non-tenure track even were before I began teaching. Being naive taught me a lot about reality in the academic world. It also exposed the tensions and politics of being an academic and an activist.
Human Architecture Journal of the Sociology of Self Knowledge, 2007
... who are trying to realign a fragmented movement is how do we prepare for the response of a vi... more ... who are trying to realign a fragmented movement is how do we prepare for the response of a violent, indebted government at war with Iraq, tempting Iran, and losing influence in its ... 7 Kamara and Van Der Meer: On the Dialectics of Domestic Colonialism & the Role of Violence ...
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