AN IRISH INTER-UNIVERSITY, OPEN ACCESS E-JOURNAL - Dublin City University
Abstract
This article addresses the need for embedding a politics of diversity in the Irish
third level educational system. This involves a move beyond the simple recognition
and transfer of qualification agenda already addressed in state policy. It
engages in a reflexive re-reading of dialogues with 'translocating' people who
were attempting to access Irish third level institutions or attempting to transfer
their qualifications to the Irish labour market. On the basis of this reading it
addresses 'ethnic reflexivity' (the critique and reflection on our ethnic placement
in the world in terms of the power it bestows on us) and 'translational positionality'
(the positionality of the translocator engaged in the translation of knowledges
and actions) in Irish third level accreditation, knowledge production and work
practices
