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ERIC Number: EJ1471012
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1755-2273
EISSN: EISSN-1755-2281
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Lived Gendered Experiences of Precarity and Non-Belonging in Everyday Space-Places of Academia
Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, v17 n3 p112-133 2024
This article explores gendered day-to-day lived experiences of (relatively) marginalised teaching-only academic staff on insecure contracts through the lens of space and place. It stems from a collaborative auto-ethnography focusing on the experience of two UK early-career academics on temporary contracts (at the time of this research) who occupy contrasting positionalities. Exploring gendered lived experiences of precariously employed teaching-only staff through joint walking interviews and auto-biographical reflections illuminated ways in which our sense of non-belonging was spatialised and reinforced in particular academic spaces. We share insights into multidimensional aspects of precarity, encompassing material, social, epistemic and affective experiential domains, with a particular emphasis on the pains and pleasures of learning and teaching. We consider some of the wider implications of precarity for learning, teaching and knowledge creation, and also signal possibilities and potentialities for creating moments and space-places for resistance and solidarity.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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