Contemplative Practices and Acts of Resistance in Higher Education
Narratives Toward Wholeness
- 282 pages
- English
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Contemplative Practices and Acts of Resistance in Higher Education
Narratives Toward Wholeness
About this book
The contributors to this volume – educators, student affairs practitioners, and higher education staff – heartfully share a broad range of contemplative practices and acts of resistance used within the confines of shattered systems and institutions for themselves, their colleagues, and their students. The narratives in this volume broadly imagine, inspire, recount, and guide readers toward the fullness of their humanity and wholeness within institutions of higher education. At the same time, these accounts navigate the operational realities of daunting demands on the mind, body, and spirit, the growing turbulence of working on higher education campuses across the country, and a sense of urgency toward collective life affirmation within modern higher education institutions. Each chapter features critical framing of a concept, personal stories of this concept in action, and descriptions of contemplative practices for readers to use in their own contexts. Together, chapter authors demonstrate what it means to be a contemplative practitioner attentive to issues of power, racism, and marginalization in higher education today. With a deep breath and mindful awareness, this book invites faculty and staff at colleges and universities on a transformational journey with the contributors toward fullness in pursuit of becoming whole and inspiring change.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Endorsements Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Preamble
- An Invocation of Seven Directions Toward Wholeness
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Meet the Contributors
- 1 Introduction: Contemplative Practice Is an Act of Resistance
- PART I Ever Present and Interconnected: Symphonic Journeys, Rooted Practices
- PART II Conjuring Transformation: We Who—Know—Know
- PART III Rhizomatic Awakenings: New Plateaus: Rhizomes, Connection, Ruptures, and Lines of Flight
- PART IV Liberatory Relationality: Cultivating Collective Compassion
- Index