Hierarchisation and autonomous univesities

Second round of discussion (25 November 2007- 28 February 2008)

In the first round we discussed the processes of corporatisation, the transnational dimension of the contemporary university, and forms of resistance and conflict in the production of knowledge. Now we propose to focus the next three months of discussion on two new axes of discussion. On one hand, we'll discuss the hierarchy within the higher education market, and the university as a place of hierarchisation in the labor market, intersect with lines of race, class and gender. On the other hand, we'll try to imagine the forms of resistance and the flight lines from the hierarchisation processes. How to construct an autonomous university? This is the question for edu-factory project, along the university borders.