Abstract
Under current conditions, it seems not enough to construct a plea for ‘slow science’. Temporalities of academia under TINA require close scrutiny in order to bring out the time regimes of academic life. Economy, efficiency, and effectiveness have produced measures by which not only work processed are uniformized and controlled, but especially the design, the character, and the pace of work, including the embodied experience of working. Consequently, (academic) work determines a lot of other aspects of our existence and it tends to uniformize work load as a given. The image arises of not only 24/7 availability for academic work, but the inevitability of compliance to working in individual bubbles of time control, causing a narrower focus for ‘the academic’ and possibly less space for the rhythms of academic creation and creativity. Autobiographical ‘vignettes’ illustrate this development, highlighting the working of regimes that are not questioned on a daily basis.
Key words: timescapes, Bildung, education, time regimes, workload, work-life balance
Key words: timescapes, Bildung, education, time regimes, workload, work-life balance
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Academia in Crisis |
| Subtitle of host publication | The Rise and Risk of Neoliberal Education in Europe |
| Editors | Leonidas Donskis, Ida Sabelis, Frans Kamsteeg, Harry Wels |
| Publisher | Brill |
| Chapter | 6 |
| Pages | 129-149 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789004401587 |
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| Publication status | Published - Sep 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | Value Inquiry Book Series |
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| Volume | 335 |