Revisiting Bucket Truck: Locally Engaged Public Intellectuals

In this essay, the author argues that given current shifts in the axiological imperatives which inform research, local manifestations of the global political trend toward post-truth populism, and the saturation of the university in settler colonial, patriarchal, hegemonic ideology, there is a dire...

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Main Author: Adrian M. Downey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Society for Studies in Education 2019-05-01
Series:Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education
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Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cjnse/article/view/61739
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description In this essay, the author argues that given current shifts in the axiological imperatives which inform research, local manifestations of the global political trend toward post-truth populism, and the saturation of the university in settler colonial, patriarchal, hegemonic ideology, there is a dire need for an alternative model of scholarly engagement—what the author calls locally engaged public intellectuals. Through the lyrics of Canadian rock band Bucket Truck, the author gestures toward the way local critiques can contextualize local issues and disrupt the post-truth narrativizing which often paints Indigenous and other marginalized groups as dissidents. Bucket Truck, the author argues, were an example of such locally engaged public intellectuals. The group thus deserves our consideration not just as a now defunct Canadian rock band, but as an example of local critique made accessible to affected communities.
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spelling doaj.art-a53e2e521bef493a86c1de692cc19e5a2022-12-22T02:29:04ZengCanadian Society for Studies in EducationCanadian Journal for New Scholars in Education1916-92212019-05-01101Revisiting Bucket Truck: Locally Engaged Public IntellectualsAdrian M. Downey0The University of New Brunswick In this essay, the author argues that given current shifts in the axiological imperatives which inform research, local manifestations of the global political trend toward post-truth populism, and the saturation of the university in settler colonial, patriarchal, hegemonic ideology, there is a dire need for an alternative model of scholarly engagement—what the author calls locally engaged public intellectuals. Through the lyrics of Canadian rock band Bucket Truck, the author gestures toward the way local critiques can contextualize local issues and disrupt the post-truth narrativizing which often paints Indigenous and other marginalized groups as dissidents. Bucket Truck, the author argues, were an example of such locally engaged public intellectuals. The group thus deserves our consideration not just as a now defunct Canadian rock band, but as an example of local critique made accessible to affected communities. https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cjnse/article/view/61739Critical PedagogyPublic IntellectualsLocal MusicPost-TruthResearch
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Revisiting Bucket Truck: Locally Engaged Public Intellectuals
Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education
Critical Pedagogy
Public Intellectuals
Local Music
Post-Truth
Research
title Revisiting Bucket Truck: Locally Engaged Public Intellectuals
title_full Revisiting Bucket Truck: Locally Engaged Public Intellectuals
title_fullStr Revisiting Bucket Truck: Locally Engaged Public Intellectuals
title_full_unstemmed Revisiting Bucket Truck: Locally Engaged Public Intellectuals
title_short Revisiting Bucket Truck: Locally Engaged Public Intellectuals
title_sort revisiting bucket truck locally engaged public intellectuals
topic Critical Pedagogy
Public Intellectuals
Local Music
Post-Truth
Research
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