Compliance and Resistance Within Neoliberal Academia

Biographical Stories, Collective Voices
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-66317-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 134 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 313 g

This open access book reflects on academic life under a neoliberal regime. Through collaborative autoethnographies, the authors share stories about the everyday experiences, dilemmas and conflicts of three academics: the struggle for promotion, teaching’s challenges, the race to publish, confronting bureaucracy and institutional politics, as well as the resulting emotional stress. These stories reveal the impact of neoliberal culture on ideological, economic, social, collegial, and emotional integrity which are integral to academics’ lives today. But along with the challenges, the authors present their vision of hope, and transformation through academic solidarity - and for the silenced voices to be heard, inside academia and beyond it.

This is an open access book.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gair, Susan

Herzog, Omri

Hager, Tamar

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Hochschuldidaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Geschlechterpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Soziologie, Bildungssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Setting the Scene: Research and Writing Against the Neoliberal GrainFrom Universitas to Neoliberal AcademiaNegotiating the Audit CultureCollaborative AutoethnographiesWriting in Dialogue
2. The Manufactured CV Tamar’s StoryOmri’s StorySusan’s Story
3. Challenging knowledge In/Accessibility Susan’s StoryOmri’s StoryTamar’s Story
4. Tackling Difference in a Neoliberal classroomSusan’s StoryOmri’s StoryTamar’s Story
5. Closing Thoughts: Academic Hazards and OpportunitiesEmotional LabourDisappearing Campus lifeThe University of the Students and the Masters
ReferencesIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Susan Gair is Associate Professor in the College of Arts at James Cook University, Australia. Her research interests include critical social work practice, child adoption policy and practice, challenging inequalities, and promoting culturally respectful practice with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Tamar Hager is Associate Professor in the Education Department and Gender Studies Program at Tel Hai College, Israel. She has written several autoethnographies on motherhood, activism, and teaching. Her writings address feminist methodologies, neoliberal academia, multiculturalism and critical pedagogy.
Omri Herzog is Senior Lecturer in the Cultural Studies Department at Sapir College, Israel. His research interests include corporeal politics, popular cultural critique, and the dynamics of contemporary Israeli culture.