Solidarity in the neoliberal university? Acts of kindness and the ethics of care during the UCU Pensions Dispute

Burton, S. and Turbine, V. (2018) Solidarity in the neoliberal university? Acts of kindness and the ethics of care during the UCU Pensions Dispute. Discover Society,

Abstract

Who gets to have, and give, solidarity in the neoliberal university? Is solidarity even possible in an academy so savaged and pock-marked by casualisation? Wanting to examine these questions further we agreed to keep and share our ‘strike diaries’. Pertinently, we ask whether a feminist perspective that centres caring for ourselves and others can help find genuine opportunities for resistance and rejection of the neoliberal and managerial university. Here we (Sarah, fixed-term Teaching Fellow; Vikki, permanently-employed lecturer, at the outer limit of definition of ECR) some of our initial reflections on striking in the neoliberal university, casualisation, and the role of care and kindness in undertaking this form of labour.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: No
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Turbine, Dr Vikki
• Authors: Burton, S., and Turbine, V.
• Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences
• Journal Name: Discover Society
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2018 Social Research Publications
• First Published: First published in Discover Society 2018
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License