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Reconceptualising cleft habitus: belonging and inclusion at Australian regional universities |
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10.1007/s13384-025-00904-7 |
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An autoethnographic exploration of the life and career experiences of ten academics across the Australian Regional University Network (RUN) unearthed a prevailing disjuncture between formative cultural experiences and academia that expands upon Binns’ revised notion of cleft habitus. It signifies a gap between the generative capacity of cleft experience and its predominant construction in the literature as loss, difficulty and perceived deficit. Drawing on a framework that combines ‘cleft habitus’ and principles of intersectionality, this paper examines how cleft experiences impact study and academic work in higher education. Key findings include how academics within a cleft habitus space occupy liminal insider/outsider positions of privilege and disadvantage and can leverage insights gained from these experiences to inform their broad scholarly practice. Reconceptualising cleft habitus as a resource provides a new contribution to discourses around equity, diversity and inclusion in higher education. |
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The Australian Educational Researcher, 52(6), p. 4427-4450 |
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Attribution 4.0 International |
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