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Ahmed also explores how spaces become restricted to some uses and users, with specific reference to universities. She notes, however, the potential for\u00a0<em>queer use<\/em>: how things can be used in ways that were not intended or by those for whom they were not intended. Ahmed posits queer use as a way of reanimating the project of diversity work as the ordinary and painstaking task of opening up institutions to those who have historically been excluded.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In\u00a0What\u2019s the Use?\u00a0Sara Ahmed continues the work she began in\u00a0The Promise of Happiness\u00a0and\u00a0Willful Subjects\u00a0by taking up a single word\u2014in this case,\u00a0use\u2014and following it around. 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