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No love found: how female students of colour negotiate and repurpose university spaces

Samatar, Amira; Madriaga, Manuel; McGrath, Lisa

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Amira Samatar

Lisa McGrath



Abstract

This study explores the lived experiences on campus of five female undergraduate students of colour. Drawing on a critical race theory perspective and inspired by CRiT walking, walking interviews were conducted to give voice to the students’ experiences of marginalisation, both metaphorical and physical. The findings reveal how whiteness impacts on participants’ negotiation of university spaces; how the ‘white gaze’ influences their geographies; and how their experiences lead them to occupy counter-spaces within the university. Further, we found that participants’ aspirations of postgraduate education were tainted by these negative experiences at the undergraduate level, leading them to reject altogether or begrudgingly continue their education. The study proposes theoretically framed walking interviews as a productive methodology in future critical studies of race in education and highlights the urgent need to address the marginalisation of female students of colour on campus as one means of addressing postgraduate recruitment imbalances.

Citation

Samatar, A., Madriaga, M., & McGrath, L. (2021). No love found: how female students of colour negotiate and repurpose university spaces. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 42(5-6), 717-732. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2021.1914548

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 1, 2021
Online Publication Date Jun 26, 2021
Publication Date Jun 26, 2021
Deposit Date Apr 20, 2023
Publicly Available Date Apr 26, 2023
Journal British Journal of Sociology of Education
Print ISSN 0142-5692
Electronic ISSN 1465-3346
Publisher Routledge
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 42
Issue 5-6
Pages 717-732
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2021.1914548
Keywords Sociology and Political Science; Education
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/17087411
Publisher URL https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01425692.2021.1914548

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