Ambivalent surveillance: teaching in the times of anti-woke

• Published in: Communication and critical/cultural studies Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 67 - 84
• Main Author: Willard, Zane Austin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2025; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: affect; ambivalence; Cultural studies; Legislation; Pedagogy; Public schools; race; resistance; Social justice; Surveillance; Teachers
• ISSN: 1479-1420; 1479-4233
• DOI: 10.1080/14791420.2024.2439410

This article addresses the current racialized surveillance regime censoring Blackness and targeting educators in public education, known as "anti-woke." Building on critical surveillance scholarship, I develop "ambivalent surveillance" to describe the technologies of social contr...