National Collegiate Honors Council

 

Date of this Version

Spring 2021

Citation

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2021, 22(1):43–52

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Copyright © 2021 by the National Collegiate Honors Council.

Abstract

This essay argues that in order for honors to occupy and transform the academy it must begin by transforming itself. Drawing on Homi Bhabha’s notion of “third space,” the author argues that the traditional epistemic paradigms in higher education are inadequate for conceptualizing the praxis-driven work required in honors. Honors should be understood as a form of transdisciplinarity, with the aim of producing what is defined as Mode 2 knowledge. Only from within this nonbinary professional framework is honors capable of disrupting, reimagining, and transforming the university.

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