The Para-Academic Handbook

"There is a name for those under-and precariously employed, but actively working, academics in today’s society: the para-academic. Para-academics mimic academic practices so they are liberated from the confines of the university. Our work, and our lives, reflect how the idea of a university as a pl...

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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-346222025-03-13T01:14:40Z The Para-Academic Handbook Wardrop, Alex Withers, Deborah critical theory para-academia pedagogy precarity thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNP Adult education, continuous learning "There is a name for those under-and precariously employed, but actively working, academics in today’s society: the para-academic. Para-academics mimic academic practices so they are liberated from the confines of the university. Our work, and our lives, reflect how the idea of a university as a place for knowledge production, discussion and learning, has become distorted by neo-liberal market forces. We create alternative, genuinely open access, learning-thinking-making-acting spaces on the internet, in publications, in exhibitions, discussion groups or other mediums that seem appropriate to the situation. We don’t sit back and worry about our career developments paths. We write for the love of it, we think because we have to, we do it because we care." 2021-02-10T14:18:55Z 2021-02-10T14:18:55Z 2020-10-06T08:28:55Z 2014 book OCN: 1253411844 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/42468 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/34622 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/42468/1/PHA_Final.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/42468/1/PHA_Final.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/42468/1/PHA_Final.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/42468/1/PHA_Final.pdf Intellect 10.1386/9780956450753 10.1386/9780956450753 50f7a92a-e12a-467c-8df9-e2c55ce90cc8 320 Bristol open access
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The Para-Academic Handbook
title The Para-Academic Handbook
title_full The Para-Academic Handbook
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para-academia
pedagogy
precarity
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNP Adult education, continuous learning
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para-academia
pedagogy
precarity
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNP Adult education, continuous learning
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