Academic identities and sense of place: A collaborative autoethnography in the neoliberal university

Nordbäck, Emma; Hakonen, Marko; Tienari, Janne

doi:10.1177/13505076211006543

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“…In essence, they constitute an online identity reference from which our participants distance themselves, by highlighting ‘what it is not’ (Carroll and Levy, 2008). Nordbäck et al (2022) had already shown that identities are closely related to both spaces and places. In our case, we saw that dis-identification can also be enacted by physically staying away from specific locations associated with the negative sides of digital nomadism.…”

Section: Discussion: the Role Of Online Archetypes In Identity Workmentioning

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Romanticisation and monetisation of the digital nomad lifestyle: The role played by online narratives in shaping professional identity work

2022

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Some occupations are subject to more complex identity work processes than others. This rings true for those professional endeavours that are relatively poorly known and that cannot rely on institutions as a reference for identification, such as digital nomadism. Digital nomads can broadly be defined as professionals who embrace extreme forms of mobile work to combine their interest in travel with the possibility to work remotely. Building on a two-stage data collection process, this paper proposes a typology that characterises four archetypes of digital nomad lifestyle promoters’ narratives found online and show how these online narratives play a role in the process of identity work of other digital nomads. Our contributions are two-fold. First, we show that while the archetypes act as an important online identity regulatory force, they do so through dis-identification. Second, we explain how identity work for digital nomads involves evaluating discursively available subjectivities and propose a three-step reflexive process that entails (i) interpreting, (ii) dis-identifying and (iii) contextualising. We contend that our findings extend beyond the specific case of digital nomads and shed light onto the intricacies of work identity for ‘new’ occupations that are romanticised and monetised through social media and beyond.

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Section: Discussion: the Role Of Online Archetypes In Identity Workmentioning

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Romanticisation and monetisation of the digital nomad lifestyle: The role played by online narratives in shaping professional identity work

2022

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“…Neoliberalism understood as a political doctrine and form of government that attains to the universalization of social relations through free market (Kallio et al, 2016;Nordbäck et al, 2022) and its impact to public higher education, more specifically UNA, has passed unnoticed for many. While neoliberal practices unarguably is a threat to UNA's social justice mission and values.…”

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A Look at How Philosophical Perspectives of Adult Education Shape the Practice at Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica

Barrantes¹

2022

Rev. Electr. Educare

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Introduction. Looking close at the philosophical orientation of institutions and educators allows the examination of whether teaching practice, in this case, higher education, is consistent with the purpose of education. Objective. In the interest of gaining a historical understanding of the role of the Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica (UNA) in adult education in Costa Rica, this essay aims to analyze philosophical perspectives by drawing on relevant written documentation. Discussion. This institution is currently one of the five public universities in Costa Rica and has a robust student funding system. Under its necessary university principle, students with different economic and social statuses have access to high-quality post-secondary education. Having a clear educational philosophy is vital as it helps examine the educators’ and the institution’s practice critically. This essay gives a broader understanding of the philosophical perspectives behind the teaching and learning practices proposed by UNA’s core guideline, the Pedagogical Model (PM). Conclusions. As final conclusions, it can be stated that this institution has lost its driving humanistic perspective, established in the first Organization Statute. In addition, on a sad note, Nuñez’s founding philosophical orientation and goals for UNA are partially accomplished since even though there is an accessible education for all, teaching and learning practices do not guarantee any commitment to social action and social reform.

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“…We could work on our identities together in our dialogue. Such joint identity work is characteristic of universities today where our work is meticulously controlled and our identities are subject to tensions and struggles (Nordb€ ack et al, 2021).…”

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“…During the COVID-19 lockdown in the spring and summer of 2020, wea doctoral researcher and two professorssent texts to each other, taking turns, and followed up on each other's thoughts. We engaged in collaborative autoethnography (Geist-Martin et al, 2010;Chang et al, 2012;Kiriakos and Tienari, 2018;Nordb€ ack et al, 2021) and sought to describe and analyze our lived experiences in order to understand creating ideas as social and cultural experience (Ellis, 2004). One of us suggested that we look into the concept of "etiology," or reflection on how things become as they are, in making sense of how ideas (fail to) catch on.…”

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Idea work online: shelters and crutches in remote collaborative autoethnography

Dziuba

Tienari

Välikangas

2021

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PurposeThe three authors of this paper are intrigued by ideas and how they are created. The purpose of this paper is to explore idea creation and work by means of remote collaborative autoethnography.Design/methodology/approachDuring the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, the authors sent texts to each other, followed up on each other's thoughts and discussed them in online meetings. They shared, analyzed and eventually theorized their lived experiences in order to understand creating ideas as social and cultural experience.FindingsThe authors develop the notions of “shelter” and “crutch” to make sense of the complexity of creating ideas together; theorize how emotions and identities are entangled in idea work; and discuss how time, space and power relations condition it.Originality/valueThe authors contribute to understanding idea work in a remote collaborative autoethnography by highlighting its emotional, identity-related and power-laden nature.

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Academic identities and sense of place: A collaborative autoethnography in the neoliberal university

Cited by 34 publications

References 79 publications

Romanticisation and monetisation of the digital nomad lifestyle: The role played by online narratives in shaping professional identity work

Romanticisation and monetisation of the digital nomad lifestyle: The role played by online narratives in shaping professional identity work

A Look at How Philosophical Perspectives of Adult Education Shape the Practice at Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica

Idea work online: shelters and crutches in remote collaborative autoethnography

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