Chapter 9 Academy in my flesh

Affective athleticism and performative writing

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gherardi, silvia
Cozza, Michela
Hoppe, Magnus
Language
English
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Abstract
Chapter 9 EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Drawing on affect theory and research on academic capitalism, this book examines the contemporary crisis of universities. With 11 international and comparative case studies, it offers a unique exploration of the contemporary role of affect in academic labour and the organisation of scholarship and explores diverse features of contemporary academic life, from the coloniality of academic capitalism to performance management and the experience of being performance-managed.
Book
Affective Capitalism in Academia; Affective Capitalism in Academia
URI
https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/158884
Keywords
Academia; Academic labour; Affective capitalism; Counterpolitics; Higher education; Marketisation; Neoliberalism; Power; Social justice; University; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBL Sociology: work and labour; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNK Educational administration and organization; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education
DOI
10.47674/9781447357865
ISBN
9781447357841
Publisher
Policy Press
Publication date and place
Bristol, 2023
Pages
32