Witching the Institution: Academia and Feminist Witchcraft

When we think about the academic institution, where is the witch? Equally, when we think about the witch, where is the academic institution? And why is it that, although cultural representations of witches “coming into” their witching frequently imagine this initiation happening in the classroom, the scholarly study of witches rarely acknowledges a relationship between the academic institution and becoming a witch? Written collaboratively, this chapter takes the form of a series of spells and rituals to counteract the knowledge-industrial complex and how it has positioned the witch.