Accelerating academia. The changing structure of academic time.

Autor/in	Vostal, Filip
Titel	Accelerating academia. The changing structure of academic time.
Quelle	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), XI, 242 S.Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	9781137473592
Schlagwörter	College teachers; Workload; Learning and scholarship; Universities and colleges; Faculty; Education, Higher; Aims and objectives; EDUCATION / Higher; EDUCATION / Research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; Bildungstheorie; Bildungspraxis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College teacher; Hochschullehrer; Arbeitsbelastung; Learning; Scholarship; Scholarships; Lernen; Stipendium; University; Universities; College; Colleges; Universität; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Academic Staff; Lehrkörper; Higher education; Aim; Aims; Objectives; Zweck; Ziel; Ziele; Zielsetzung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Educational research; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Sociology; Soziologie
Abstract	-- Introduction. The Pulse of Modern Academia -- 1. Thematizing Acceleration -- 2. Continuity and Change in the Temporal Dynamics of Capitalism -- 3. Vehicularity: The Idea of the Knowledge Economy -- 4. Performativity: Competitiveness and Excellence -- 5. Acceleration in the Academic Life-World -- 6. Fast Sites: Igniting and Catapulting Knowledge -- 7. Sociology, Fast and Slow -- Conclusion. For a Temporal Autonomy of Academia.. "The era of a 'slow-paced' academia characterized by leisurely tempos of research and pedagogy has gone. Academia is now an intensely social site, and the boundaries between capitalist dynamics and academic life have become blurred. Academic workloads are increasing as academics have to deal with an ever-growing number of tasks, information, obligations, texts, procedures and connections. Yet the time available for carrying out these activities remains relatively constant, and even seems to be decreasing. Simultaneously, the 'will to accelerate' has emerged as a significant cultural and structural force in knowledge production, propelled by competitiveness and the drive for excellence. Filip Vostal examines the changing character of academic time, and questions the nature of this acceleration. Without challenging its negative implications, Vostal argues that we cannot fully understand this phenomenon unless we scrutinize its positive dimensions, and ask why people opt for acceleration, and how and why the compulsion to accelerate features in higher education policy discourse. "--Provided by publisher.
Erfasst von	Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Update	2016/3/09