Containing the Multitudes Critical Reflections on the Concept of the “International Student” Through a Pluriversal Lens

A growing body of scholarship has examined different aspects of the international student experience in higher education institutions, yet few studies have critically interrogated the very concept of the “international student” itself. In this article, we consider the different ways in which politic...

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Published inJournal of international students Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 107 - 114
Main Authors Rose-Redwood, CindyAnn, Rose-Redwood, Reuben
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Jonesboro Journal of International Students 01.11.2023
Journal of International Students (JIS)
Subjects
Analysis
Anglophones
Citizenship
College administrators
College students
Colleges & universities
Education parks
Education, Higher
Educational Objectives
Foreign students
Higher education
Homogenization
International education
International Educational Exchange
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Nation states
Noncitizens
Political aspects
School facilities
Social aspects
Student Experience
Students, Foreign
Australia
Canada
United Kingdom > UK
United States > US
Spain
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Summary:A growing body of scholarship has examined different aspects of the international student experience in higher education institutions, yet few studies have critically interrogated the very concept of the “international student” itself. In this article, we consider the different ways in which politico-legal practices of boundary-making have produced categorization schemes that demarcate the boundary between the national “Self” and the international “Other.” These legal categories of the “domestic” and “international” student serve as the discursive grid through which student populations are rendered legible by university administrators, student affairs practitioners, and scholars. We argue that the socio-cultural worlds of international students are not reducible to the homogenizing logics of politico-legal and institutional categorization, and that they should be reimagined through a pluriversal lens – where multiple worlds of difference can co-exist in spite of persistent efforts to contain the multitudes within the rigid, fixed, and mutually exclusive categories of the nation-state.
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ISSN:2162-3104
2166-3750
DOI:10.32674/jis.v14i2.5534