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Accelerating Academia: The Changing Structure of Academic Time (Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy) - Hardcover

Vostal, F.

 
9781137473592: Accelerating Academia: The Changing Structure of Academic Time (Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy)
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ISBN 10: 1137473592 ISBN 13: 9781137473592
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

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Filip Vostal examines the changing nature of academic time, and analyzes the 'will to accelerate' that has emerged as a significant cultural and structural force in knowledge production.

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Filip Vostal is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Science, Technology, and Society Studies at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic.

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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.





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Verlag
Palgrave Macmillan
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1137473592
ISBN 13 
9781137473592
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Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
253
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