Exempting the university: Trigger warnings and intellectual space

Q2 Social Sciences First Amendment Studies Pub Date : 2016-07-02 DOI:10.1080/21689725.2016.1233073
Jeremiah Hickey
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Abstract In the controversy over trigger warnings, authors tend to focus more on the warning rather than the trigger aspect of the debate. Trigger warnings serve as an important means to understand the nature of universities as well as how students, professors, and administrators view the university experience. I contend that trigger warnings should be seen as campus-wide interventions, not limited only to classrooms. After all, trauma can be triggered anywhere. This article argues that the trigger warnings controversy signifies the presence of an institutional crisis for universities, especially in relation to the allocation of resources necessary to help students suffering from trauma. Debating the use of trigger warnings is one thing; however, if students feel threatened or if they suffer trauma from controversial material, then the university needs to set aside resources to help students succeed.
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免除大学:触发警告和知识空间
在关于触发预警的争论中,作者倾向于更多地关注预警,而不是争论的触发方面。触发警告是了解大学性质以及学生、教授和管理人员如何看待大学经历的重要手段。我认为,触发警告应该被视为全校范围内的干预措施,而不仅仅局限于课堂。毕竟,创伤可以在任何地方触发。本文认为,触发警告的争议表明大学存在制度性危机,特别是在帮助遭受创伤的学生所需资源的分配方面。争论是否使用触发警告是一回事;然而,如果学生感到受到威胁,或者因为有争议的材料而受到创伤,那么大学就需要拨出资源来帮助学生取得成功。
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期刊介绍: First Amendment Studies publishes original scholarship on all aspects of free speech and embraces the full range of critical, historical, empirical, and descriptive methodologies. First Amendment Studies welcomes scholarship addressing areas including but not limited to: • doctrinal analysis of international and national free speech law and legislation • rhetorical analysis of cases and judicial rhetoric • theoretical and cultural issues related to free speech • the role of free speech in a wide variety of contexts (e.g., organizations, popular culture, traditional and new media).
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