In my seminar class this morning, I got into a pretty heated (somewhat unnecessary, somewhat necessary) conversation with another student on the subject of A cademia. After having read Fred Moten and Stefano Harney's The Undercommons, specifically their chapter on 'The University and the Undercommons', I suppose I was in the headspace of being critical of the meaning of Academia but also of University (or Universitas) as a institution of dominance. I'll walk through the entire context that led up to the dispute so I can put this all in perspective: A group was giving a presentation on the (lack) of media coverage on the Attawapiskat first nation suicide crisis and their living conditions of the community. As they finished their presentation, they asked a question (I wish I could remember it verbatim) but it was basically asking whether a conversation concerning the crisis would be best had in an academic setting, or if discussing ways the government needs to atten...