Journal article
Letter writing and critical Self-Reflection: An insiders account of academic casualisation in the Australian Neoliberal University
International Review of Qualitative Research, Vol.15(3), pp.347-362
2022
Abstract
Sharing the lived experience of academic casualisation is challenging, based on a power imbalance with many oppositional points, including cost savings versus fair wages, precarity versus security. As researcher/participant, Jennifer initially struggled with sharing experiences emotionally and academically without stripping humanity and affect from her writing. Drawing on the tradition of critical autoethnography, this article uses letter writing as a means of investigating personal-professional experience through critical self-reflection. These letters are written to a fictional colleague (Q) for the purpose of ‘wondering aloud’ about her experience of casualised labour and the difficulties of constructing a personal-professional identity within the context of the Australian neoliberal university.
Details
- Title
- Letter writing and critical Self-Reflection: An insiders account of academic casualisation in the Australian Neoliberal University
- Authors/Creators
- J.J. Murphy (Author/Creator)B. Down (Author/Creator)A.E. Price (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- International Review of Qualitative Research, Vol.15(3), pp.347-362
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Identifiers
- 991005541477007891
- Copyright
- © 2022 by International Institute for Qualitative Inquiry
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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