Writing, playing, transforming: a collaborative inquiry into neoliberalism's effects on academia, and the scope for changing the game

Yuwei Gou; Corinna Di Niro; Elena Spasovska; Amelia Walker; Chloe Cannell; Rebekah Clarkson; Alice Nilsson; Nadine Levy

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-75859-2_13

Writing, playing, transforming: a collaborative inquiry into neoliberalism's effects on academia, and the scope for changing the game

Yuwei Gou, Corinna Di Niro, Elena Spasovska, Amelia Walker, Chloe Cannell, Rebekah Clarkson, Alice Nilsson, Nadine Levy

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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Abstract

This chapter presents findings from a collaborative creative writing-based inquiry exploring problems of injustice in neoliberal academia, especially injustices based on gender and intersecting axes of marginalisation/privilege. Responding to Harré et al.'s (Australian Universities Review, 59, 5-13, 2017) case for the "infinite game" as activism to resist and remake unliveable scenarios of the neoliberal academy, the chapter explains why collaborative writing-based research suits activism of this kind and then presents game-themed excerpts of creative writing by eight academics from differing backgrounds. Analysis of the writings enables identification of themes reflecting the un-liveability of conditions for academics marginalised by gender and/or intersecting factors. This leads to an assertion that change is both necessary and possible via the creation of spaces in which academics can connect, create, and imagine academia otherwise.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Reimagining the Academy
Subtitle of host publication	ShiFting Towards Kindness, Connection, and an Ethics of Care
Editors	Alison L. Black, Rachael Dwyer
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Pages	219-238
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030758592
ISBN (Print)	9783030758585
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75859-2_13
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2021

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creative writing
Neoliberalism
Academia
collaborative writing

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Gou, Y., Niro, C. D., Spasovska, E., Walker, A., Cannell, C., Clarkson, R., Nilsson, A., & Levy, N. (2021). Writing, playing, transforming: a collaborative inquiry into neoliberalism's effects on academia, and the scope for changing the game. In A. L. Black, & R. Dwyer (Eds.), Reimagining the Academy: ShiFting Towards Kindness, Connection, and an Ethics of Care (pp. 219-238). Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75859-2_13

Gou, Yuwei ; Niro, Corinna Di ; Spasovska, Elena et al. / Writing, playing, transforming : a collaborative inquiry into neoliberalism's effects on academia, and the scope for changing the game. Reimagining the Academy: ShiFting Towards Kindness, Connection, and an Ethics of Care. editor / Alison L. Black ; Rachael Dwyer. Cham, Switzerland : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021. pp. 219-238

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Writing, playing, transforming: a collaborative inquiry into neoliberalism's effects on academia, and the scope for changing the game. / Gou, Yuwei; Niro, Corinna Di; Spasovska, Elena et al.
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