Local and Global Ethnoscapes on Campus: Policies and Realities in Globalization and Inclusivity

• In Event: 16.058 - Roundtable Session 6
  In Roundtable Session: 16.058-3 - Differing Perspectives on Global Higher Education (2)

Abstract

This paper examines the gap between policies promoting globalization and inclusivity at a Midwestern university and the realities of separation between domestic white, domestic minority, and international students, using student interview data and the concept of ethnoscape (Appadurai, 1996)to frame the subject positions of these groups. Data show that some domestic white students value the presence of other groups and the opportunities the university provides for study abroad, but the campus as a whole is subject to the “single story” (Adichie 2009) of the “regular” students, limiting interaction and undermining the university’s goals of globalization and inclusivity. The paper concludes bysuggestingdeeper research by soliciting and mapping student interests and concerns, and using these insights to drive university programming.

Author

• Katrina Liu, University of Nevada - Las Vegas