Complex reflexivity: practices of women full professors in neoliberalised academia

IF 2.2 3区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

British Journal of Sociology of Education Pub Date : 2023-04-20 DOI:10.1080/01425692.2023.2203358

Isaura Castelao-Huerta

引用次数: 2

Abstract

Abstract This article examines the case of women full professors in a gendered and neoliberalised context to propose the concept of complex reflexivity. This concept refers to an internal conversation and accounts for the practical way in which people may ponder their ambiguities and contradictions. This paper presents the concrete experiences and practices of some women professors in relation to the institutional structure. The research is based on fieldwork conducted between November 2018 and December 2020, which includes interviews with 24 professors, as well as an ethnographic study. Their complex reflexivity combines adapting to the precarious conditions, rebuscar (unusual ways of getting resources), perceiving envy from their peers, and, at the same time, dealing with the administration, reducing the time dedicated to academic tasks, and developing caring and careful practices. With their actions, the professors navigate the shortcomings and conflicts in the university, but they also modify these supposedly immovable conditions.

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复杂的反身性：女性正式教授在新自由主义学术界的实践

摘要本文在性别化和新自由主义的背景下考察了女性正式教授的案例，提出了复杂反身性的概念。这个概念指的是一种内部对话，说明了人们思考其模糊性和矛盾性的实际方式。本文介绍了一些女教授在体制结构方面的具体经验和做法。这项研究基于2018年11月至2020年12月期间进行的实地调查，其中包括对24名教授的采访，以及一项民族志研究。他们复杂的自反性结合了适应不稳定的条件、重建（获得资源的不同寻常的方式）、感受同龄人的嫉妒，同时还要处理行政事务、减少专门用于学术任务的时间，以及培养关爱和谨慎的做法。通过他们的行动，教授们克服了大学中的缺点和冲突，但他们也改变了这些所谓的不可改变的条件。

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British Journal of Sociology of Education Multiple-

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3.70

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9.50%

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