La pédagogie féministe dans une université néo-libérale : les limites de la main-d’œuvre précaire

Auteurs-es

  • Jacqueline Potvin University of Guelph
  • Kimberly Dority Western University

Mots-clés :

féminisme, néolibéralisme, professorat par association, relationnalité, soutien

Résumé

Au cours des dernières années, la pédagogie féministe a été mise de l’avant comme stratégie pour entraver la privatisation néo-libérale de la salle de classe de l’université. Dans cet article, nous reconnaissons et nous bouleversons ce potentiel perturbateur, en examinant la façon dont les conditions de travail des professeurs auxiliaires ont une incidence sur notre capacité à mettre en pratique nos engagements par rapport à la pédagogie féministe. En fonction de nos propres expériences à titre de chargés de cours à temps partiel, nous estimons que des conditions, comme de lourdes charges de travail, jumelées à un accès limité à des ressources pédagogiques et au milieu institutionnel, contribuent à l’épuisement professionnel du corps professoral et entravent notre capacité à forger et à entretenir des relations féministes entre les étudiants et leurs professeurs. En nous appuyant sur les connaissances existantes en matière de pédagogie féministe ainsi que sur de nouveaux ouvrages qui explorent les défis posés par l’enseignement dans une université néo-libérale, nous soutenons le besoin d’accroître et de complexifier les interprétations dominantes de la pédagogie féministe sous forme de série de valeurs et de pratiques que les professeurs peuvent mettre en œuvre et de reconnaître les limitations de son adoption en raison de la structuration de nature agrégée et auxiliaire de l’enseignement supérieur. Cet article concerne les professeurs, surtout dans les départements universitaires féministes, qui aspirent à mettre en œuvre la pédagogie féministe dans l’ensemble de l’université.

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Bibliographies de l'auteur-e

Jacqueline Potvin, University of Guelph

Jacqueline Potvin is a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of Guelph. Her research draws on theories of reproductive justice, biopolitics, and medicalization to examine critically how maternal and reproductive health is framed and addressed in international development policy and programming, including Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy.

Kimberly Dority, Western University

Kimberly Dority holds a PhD in Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies from Western University. Her work takes up feminist and critical phenomenology alongside dance to examine habitual perception and its role in racialization. She continues to explore arts-based research and her interest in feminist pedagogy.  

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2022-04-19