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E-book Ableism in Academia : Theorising experiences of disabilities and chronic illnesses in higher education

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In the contemporary context of social rights and activist movements such as those associated with combatting sexual harassment, gun and knife crime or climate change, we can observe a typical pattern of public responses. These movements offer voices to those who are marginalised, and indeed provide the confidence needed for many people to stand up for specific issues. This, in turn, increases awareness and understanding of and for the marginalised. However, the stronger specific movements become, the more likely it is that the general public will experience a sense of saturation, leading individuals from marginalised groups to be sidelined once more. Collections like this one are necessary to bring into the public consciousness the matters of those who are marginalised and who negotiate difficult contexts.Traditionally, academia has been seen as an ivory tower, as elitist and privileged. However, publications in the first decade of the twenty-first century have highlighted some of the realities of contemporary academics. Such publications have focused on the narratives of women of colour in academia (Gabriel and Tate 2017) and the depiction of neoliberal academia from a feminist perspective (Taylor and Lahad 2018), emphasising how navigating academia is a personal and political endeavour requiring intense emotion work. To further debates in and around academia, this collection focuses on experiences relating to disabilities, chronic illnesses and neurodiversity within higher education. Drawing on theoretical frameworks usually associated with sociology, anthropology and disability studies, for example, the contributors in this collection theorise their personal experiences and contextualise these within the wider societal, social, cultural and academic discourses. The contributions in this collection therefore provide an insightful snapshot of what it means to be ‘othered’ in contemporary neoliberal academia. ver the last three decades the UK higher education sector has seen drastic changes: it has become marketised and bureaucratised (Hussey and Smith 2002; Tilak 2008; Gewirtz and Cribb 2013). Government cuts to direct funding and the introduction of new funding systems have devolved financial responsibility to higher education institutions (Thompson and Bekhradnia 2010; Department for Business Innovation and Skills 2011). This means that institutions are under increasing pressure to attract students who are effectively the financers of their own studies, and higher education institutions compete directly for students. The process of universities turning into corporate businesses is stimulated further by globalisation and internationalisation (Law and Hoey 2018). As emerging Asian and South American economies look towards English-speaking countries to provide education for their students, competition within the UK higher education sector becomes fiercer, particularly as international students bring in more money than students from the UK. The result of such cost-benefit approaches is consumerist behaviour on the part of students and their parents and a tertiary sector that is about meeting students’ expectations, bettering value for money, improving employment opportunities, enhancing employability skills and achieving specific outcomes (Hussey and Smith 2002; Department for Business Innovation and Skills 2016; Robinson and Hilli 2016). These external factors related to neoliberalism within higher education, and the resultant changes to academic career paths, budgetary devel-opments and student intakes impact academics’ roles and identity (Marr and Forsyth 2011; Henkel 2000). And yet working in academia continues to be romanticised (Lovin 2018) and is still seen as a career worth striving for (Bauman 2001) as it evokes the image of like-minded individuals sharing knowledge and expertise in collegial collabora-tion for the betterment of society and the common good (Lewis 2008; Tilak 2008).

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

305.908 BRO a

Penerbit

London : UCL Press., 2020

Deskripsi Fisik

263 hlm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781787354975

Klasifikasi

305.908

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

computer

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

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Subjek

Disabled Persons

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