Inquiring into Academic Timescapes

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Dedication
About the Authors
Preface: Academic Timescapes in Focus
	Diverse Implicit Assumptions
	Working Time Theorised
	Timescape Complexity Conceptualised
	References
Introduction: On Times, Scapes and Chronosolidarity in Academia
	The “Post-Clock” Capitalism
	“Will-To-Speed”
	Reader’s Guide: Sections and Chapters
Chapter 1: Time and the Rhythms of Academia: A Rhythmanalytical Perspective
	Introduction
	Dealing with the Complexity of Time
		Organizing Complementary, Contradictory, and Antagonistic Experiences of Time
		Enriching Our Temporal Imagination
	Privileging a Rhythmological Perspective
		Shifting from a Temporal to a Rhythmological Perspective
		The Relations Between Time and Rhythm
	Envisioning Rhythmanalysis
		Analyzing the Rhythms of Academia
		Bachelard’s Patterns of Duality
		Lefebvre’s Theory of Moments
	Sauvanet’s Definition of Rhythmic Criteria
		Pattern
		Periodicity
		Movement
	Opening
	References
Chapter 2: Rhythm and the Possible: Moments, Anticipation and Dwelling in the Contemporary University
	Introduction
	Rhythm and the Possible
	Moments, Instants and Shelters
	Anticipation, Presence and Appropriation in the Rhythmic Institution
	Concluding Remarks
	References
Chapter 3: Cultural Rhythmics Inside Academic Temporalities
	Introduction
	The Rhythmics of Social Life
	Academic Rhythmics
	Development as Temporality
	Design of Academic-political Agendas
	References
Intermezzo I: Alice in Academia
	THUD
	‘Tomorrow Today’
	References
	Further Reading
Chapter 4: Temporal Navigation in Academic Work: Experiences of Early Career Academics
	Introduction
	Data and Method
	Accelerated Academia
	Minna: Caught in a Temporal Trap
	Anne: Searching for Timeless Time
	Matti: Temporal Safety in a Research Team
	Heidi: Non-stop Networking
	Discussion
	References
Chapter 5: Academic Times, Shortcuts, and Styles – Exploring the Case of Time for a PhD from a Gender Perspective
	Introduction
	Theoretical Framework
	Method
	Findings
		Perceiving Time Structures – Time for and in Supervision and Gender
		Time Problems and Strategies
		Men’s View of Phd Gendered Times
		Women’s View of Gendered Time
	Discussion
	Concluding Remarks
	References
Chapter 6: Metrics as Time-saving Devices
	Let’s Talk about Metrics
	Metrics as Time-saving Devices
	Discourse is a Time-consuming Business
	Autonomy in Time
	Making Time
	References
Chapter 7: Time and Academic Multitasking – Unbounded Relation Between Professional and Personal Time
	Introduction
	Changes in Academic Work – the Relevance of the Gender Dimension
	The Portuguese Context
	Methodology
	The Diversification of Academic Work and the Use of Time
	Academic Work and Use of Time Through a Gender Perspective
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 8: Trading Time: A Hauntological Investigation
	The Future Belongs to Ghosts
	Maria and Tsvetan
		Maria
		Tsvetan
	The Future has been Cancelled
	Trading Time
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 9: Pace, Space and Well-being: Containing Anxiety in the University
	Public Intellectuals and the Public University
	Psycho-social Analysis
	Malignant Normality
	The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalist Academia: What is the University for?
	Chronoreflexivity and Chronosolidarity
	Chronosolidarity and Chronoimagination
	Advances in Biographical and Participatory Methods
	Unmanaging the University: What Can be Done?
	References
Chapter 9a: Interview with Czech Artist
Chapter 10: Time as a Judgment Device: How Time Matters When Reviewers Assess Applicants for ERC Starting and Consolidator Grants
	Introduction
	Peer Review: A Black Box Slow to Open
	Material and Methods
	Analysis
		Time as a Judgment Device
		Review Time
	Conclusions: More Time for Peer Review?
	References
Chapter 11: Time, the University, and Stratification: The Historical Making of Institutional Time as a Strategic Resource
	Introduction
	Revisiting Chicago: The Quarter and the Idea of Strategic Timescales in US Higher Education
	European Roots: Sequencing Academic Time
	Habitualizing Academic Time
	Disciplining Academic Timescales
	Organizing Academic Timescales
	Optimizing Academic Timescales
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 12: The Temporalities of the Writing Experience of Part-time Doctoral Researchers in Education
	Introduction
	Doctoral Writing and the Challenge of Time
		Doctoral Writing
		Time and Rhythm
	Methodology
		Data Collection
		Sample
		Analysis
	Experiences of Doctoral Writing
		Experiences Over Time
		Emerging Rhythms Which Enable Writing
		Emotional/affective Perspectives
	The Complexity and Rhythms of Academic Writing
	References
Chapter 13: On the Chronopolitics of Academic CVs in Peer Review
	Introduction
	Trajectorial Interpretation of CVs
	The Construction of Temporal Norms
	Material and Methods
	Benchmarking Productivity
	Inferring “Scientific Age”
	Discussion
	References
In Conclusion: The Temporal Fabric of Academic Lives: Of Weaving, Repairing, and Resisting
	Temporal Fabric of Academic Lives
	Temporal Multiplicities and the Ontological Politics at Work
	A Slow-burning Crisis and its Regimes of Imperceptibility
	Temporal Infrastructures and Regimes
	A Short Non-concluding Invitation
	References
Index