“We are disposable”: precarity, mobility, and inequity in higher education’s gig academy

IF 1.5 3区文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION

Communication Culture & Critique Pub Date : 2023-09-15 DOI:10.1093/ccc/tcad030

Nicole K Stewart, Philippa R Adams, Shams Bin Quader

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Abstract

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic amplified inequities for contingent scholars in the neoliberal gig academy. In this article, we document the struggles of three early career scholars, all contingent instructors, researchers, or both, working at multiple institutions in higher education (HE). Through critical collaborative autoethnography we follow our experiences through the pandemic with a focus on the ‘return to campus’ semester in fall 2021. We forge a critique and activist stance against the structural problem of precarity in HE using our dialogues and vignettes to highlight our experiences around precarity, mobility, and systemic inequities.

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“我们是一次性的”:高等教育零工学院的不稳定、流动性和不平等

COVID-19大流行加剧了新自由主义零工学院偶然性学者的不平等。在这篇文章中，我们记录了三位早期职业学者的挣扎，他们都是临时教师，研究人员，或者两者兼而有之，在高等教育(HE)的多个机构工作。通过关键的协作性自我民族志，我们在疫情期间遵循我们的经验，重点关注2021年秋季的“重返校园”学期。我们对高等教育不稳定性的结构性问题采取批判和积极的立场，通过我们的对话和小特写来突出我们在不稳定性、流动性和系统性不平等方面的经验。

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Communication Culture & Critique COMMUNICATION-

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2.50

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5.90%

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