The Makings of an Exclusive Community: Students' Perceptions of Dangerous Others

Autor/in	Roberts, Nicola
Titel	The Makings of an Exclusive Community: Students' Perceptions of Dangerous Others
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 85 (2023) 3, S.539-553 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Roberts, Nicola)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-022-00850-8
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Students; Social Cognition; Perception; School Security; School Safety; Gender Differences; Student Attitudes; Campuses; Fear; Stranger Reactions; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Collegestudent; Soziale Kognition; Wahrnehmung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Schülerverhalten; Furcht; Fremdenprüfung
Abstract	Contemporarily, universities are perceived as neoliberal entities, self-absorbed, driven by corporate interests, markets and economic goals, rather than perceived as providing a public good, concerned for the wider world (del Cerro Santamaria in "Review of European Studies," 12(1), 22-38, 2020). This perception of universities as individualised communities rather than collective communities (Rousseau in "Social Currents," 7(5), 395-401, 2020) accentuates the responsibilisation of individuals who are viewed as responsible for solving their own problems (Martinez and Garcia in "What is neoliberalism," 2000), including ensuring their own safety (Garland in "The British Journal of Criminology," 36(4), 445-471, 1996). Set against this social-political backdrop, this paper, using data from an online survey about students' perceptions of on-campus safety at a university in the north of England, shows how some students, particularly women students, view others as dangerous, rather than view them as vulnerable groups who are residing on the margins of an inequitable society. The porous borders of the university campuses amplify some students' perceptions of dangerous others and students' suggestions for campus security to keep out such others arguably serve to aggravate rather than relieve their perceptions of unsafety. Yet the porous borders of the campuses should be seen as advantageous because an ecological university can connect its students to the wider world to help facilitate care for the other (Barnett in "The ecological university," 2018). In doing so, this may enhance students' own sense of well-being and safety in the urban environment. This is a timely argument amidst a global pandemic, where the university restricts access to unauthorised others and, in doing so, facilitates the makings of an exclusive community. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01