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Creating a positive casual academic identity through change and loss
Yoo, Joanne
Yoo, Joanne
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Abstract
Neoliberalism has significantly impacted higher education institutes across the globe by increasing the number of casual and non-continuing academic positions. Insecure employments conditions have not only affected the well-being of contingent staff, but it has also weakened the democratic, intellectual and moral standing of academic institutions. This chapter provides one practitioner’s account of the challenges of casual work, but rather than dwelling on the negativities, it outlines the potential richness of an identity based on insecurity and uncertainty. This exploration draws on the literature of retired academics and identity theory to illustrate the potential generative spaces within an undefined and incoherent identity.
Keywords
casual academic identity, change, writing as inquiry
Date
2019
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Book chapter
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Resisting neoliberalism in higher education volume II: Prising open the cracks
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89-107
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Published as green open access
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