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so time for coffee #2 and to read this by @Avery_Smit @FunakiHine and @LianaMacDonal13 
so time for coffee #2 and to read this by @Avery_Smit @FunakiHine and @LianaMacDonal13
Link to paper here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07294360.2020.1852190?journalCode=cher20#.X_0Mja0LIN0.twitter but please dm the authors if you don't have institutional access.
Unis in Aotearoa NZ receive social, material, & financial benefits from positioning themselves as ethnically & culturally diverse, yet these institutions were established through acts of colonial invasion that severed Indigenous communities from land, language, & culture 
"In this article, we consider how the logics of settler-colonialism underpin the workings of a large communal university space at one Aotearoa New Zealand university, to explore how the ideals of equity and inclusion function in normal day-to-day operations"
"In this article, we unpack the ways universities codify shared space as neutral and devoid of culture, when they have been constructed to meet the affective and material needs of settlers."
"Indeed, ‘settler-colonialism is not an historical event tucked safely away in the past but rather a constantly evolving structure that seeks allies in modern economies’ (Glenn, 2015, as cited in Kidman, 2019, p. 3)."
"Cultural processes of remembering and forgetting are an implicit feature of settler-colonialism (Veracini, 2010). Silencing permeates settler societies so both the memory and the structuring effects of these violent and difficult colonial histories are erased [....]"
Continuation from prev tweet "(Kidman & O’Malley, 2018; Mutu, 2019). Settler societies are then directed toward the view that the nation was founded harmoniously, rather than through violence, invasion, and confiscation (Kidman & O'Malley, 2018)"
"In neoliberal, settler-colonial universities’ historical amnesia is bolstered by equity and diversity policies that do not create the cultural change that is claimed (Ahmed, 2012)."
"Not only do diversity policies omit the fraudulent means by which universities were established, they also align with social narratives that advance the view that difficult colonial histories are transcended, & settler-Indigenous relations now operate as an equitable partnership
The authors use @SaraNAhmed's work/lens to provide insights into how whiteness operates in the academy, highlighting that:
Whiteness is habitual
Whiteness takes up space
White bodies feel comfortable
Whiteness is invisible to those who inhabit it
Whiteness is habitual Whiteness takes up spaceWhite bodies feel comfortableWhiteness is invisible to those who inhabit it
As a side note I'm pretty sure @JoannaKidman, @SereanaNaepi got stuck in "the Centre" because of difficult to use "accessibility" equipment lols
Love the methodology and context section which talks about the positioning of the authors and has some pretty cool methods!!!! Focused enthnographg sounds 
"The overwhelming presence of settlers also communicates who belongs in the space and who does not. Settlers congregate in the middle of this space whilst brown people are on the edges of the room."
"The colour white so prominent in the design elements. There are white pillars that hold up this white roof, white ceiling, weird looking ceiling too. White tables going around white pillars, white stools. white walls"
"There is nothing that suggests that this is a diverse and inclusive space that responds to the unique ethnic and cultural mix of Aotearoa."
"The fact that you could find a similarly designed space in other settler or settler-colonial nations suggests that this space was designed to meet a particular aesthetic, a settler aesthetic"
"We are struck by the loud group of middle-aged white women. They are not afraid to be noisy here, not afraid to be interrupting other people, not afraid what others will think of them. Moreover, their bodies are unselfconsciously spread across the layered steps."
"One end of the Centre holds large group study cubicles. Two are occupied with people sitting around and on tables, on top of each other, and gathered around a big TV."
