Feasible utopias and affective flows in the academy: A mobilisation of hope and optimism

Title
Feasible utopias and affective flows in the academy: A mobilisation of hope and optimism
Publication Date
2018
Author(s)
Charteris, Jennifer
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1554-6730
Email: jcharte5@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jcharte5
Nye, Adele
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1603-2643
Email: anye@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:anye
Jones, Marguerite
Editor
Editor(s): Alison L Black and Susanne Garvis
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
London, United Kingdom
Edition
1
DOI
10.4324/9781315147451-7
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/26296
Abstract
As women scholars, we know that personal narratives are produced through the politics of context. Our stories are powerful and opportunities for slow scholarship, where we take time to delve into histories to make sense of our current context in academia. Sharing stories develops new understandings about the workings of larger political discourses and structures (Davies, Browne, Gannon, Honan, & Scmerville, 2005; Kem, Hawkins, Al-Hindi, & Moss, 2014). As white middle class women from colonial settler backgrounds (Aotearoa/New Zealand and Australia) we recognise the privilege of our racial and social positions. There is privilege in the location of our work in academia - the job security associated with opportunities for tenure, flexibility of working hours, varied activities across the academic year, and the 'opportunity to think, create, and pass on our enthusiasm to others' (Berg & Seeber, 2016, p. 3). Nevertheless academic work in the neoliberal milieu is tenuous.
Link
Citation
Women Activating Agency in Academia: Metaphors, Manifestos and Memoir, p. 67-78
ISBN
9781138551138
9781315147451
1138551139
Start page
67
End page
78

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