The Campus as Beautiful Object: Examining Implicit Binary Oppositions in a University Protest
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Indiana University shut down an encampment protest on its campus in August 2024. This paper examines how the stakeholders in that event fit into Helen Horowitz’s (1987) framework of campus identity. By reflecting on the events through this lens, the paper seeks to examine how unstated binary oppositions like “insider vs. outsider” can be as influential as explicitly identified oppositions like “pro- vs. anti-Palestine.” By applying Horowitz’s model to contemporary events, scholars of higher education can address disparate campus conflicts with uniform language and draw comparisons more clearly between them.
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