The living dead and the dead living: contagion and complicity in contemporary universities
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | The living dead and the dead living: contagion and complicity in contemporary universities |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 2249 |
Book Title | Zombies in the academy: living death in higher education |
Authors | Randell-Moon, Holly (Author), Saltmarsh, Sue (Author) and Sutherland-Smith, Wendy (Author) |
Editors | Whelan, Andrew, Moore, Christopher and Walker, Ruth |
Page Range | 53-65 |
Chapter Number | 4 |
Number of Pages | 14 |
Year | 2013 |
Publisher | Intellect Books |
Place of Publication | Bristol, United Kingdom |
ISBN | 9781841507149 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/books/view-Book,id=5004/ |
Abstract | In this chapter, we examine the current state of professional academic freedom and research in terms what we see as the zombification of the academy. We argue that neoliberal reforms to the academy have created a research culture that treats academics as non-thinking entities (the living dead), who feel they have limited control over their research and funding amidst a pervasive and contagious audit culture. But whilst these reforms may be experienced by academics as an externally introduced form of control that saps or sucks the ‘life’ out of research activity, the proliferation of neoliberal reforms is only enabled |
Keywords | professional academic freedom; research; funding; universities; higher education |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390303. Higher education |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Macquarie University |
Australian Catholic University | |
Deakin University | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q3v67/the-living-dead-and-the-dead-living-contagion-and-complicity-in-contemporary-universities
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