Serving Ourselves: How the Discourse on Community Engagement Privileges the University over the Community

Serving Ourselves: How the Discourse on Community Engagement Privileges the University over the Community. Bortolin, Kathleen Abstract: Using methods of discourse analysis, I analyzed examples of the word “community” from 25 of the most recent articles in the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning. This analysis uncovered a variety of ways in which the university appears to…

Posted by Katie Butler on January 15, 2013 in SLA, Motivation, and Service-Learning, community engagement, reading list, university vs community

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