TY - JOUR
T1 - From pure academics to transformative scholars?
T2 - the crisis of the “ideal academic” in a Peruvian university
AU - Manky, Omar
AU - Saravia, Sergio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2022/7
Y1 - 2022/7
N2 - In the last 2 decades, the Latin American university has embarked on a shift toward increasing scientific production, following a pattern common to much of the Global North. Few studies have analyzed how this process has had a differentiated impact on male and female scholars. In dialog with previous studies, we explore the changing nature of the “ideal academic,” accounting for its gendered character in an historically and culturally specific context. Based on a qualitative study, we describe the crisis of a model that idealized theoretical work and exclusive dedication to academia, and show that, in a broader context of feminist mobilizations, a critical discourse is emerging, stressing the need to bridge academic life and professional and political concerns. We seek to contribute to studies on changes in the Latin American academy illustrating the gendered ways through which the neoliberal university ends up being contested in the Global South.
AB - In the last 2 decades, the Latin American university has embarked on a shift toward increasing scientific production, following a pattern common to much of the Global North. Few studies have analyzed how this process has had a differentiated impact on male and female scholars. In dialog with previous studies, we explore the changing nature of the “ideal academic,” accounting for its gendered character in an historically and culturally specific context. Based on a qualitative study, we describe the crisis of a model that idealized theoretical work and exclusive dedication to academia, and show that, in a broader context of feminist mobilizations, a critical discourse is emerging, stressing the need to bridge academic life and professional and political concerns. We seek to contribute to studies on changes in the Latin American academy illustrating the gendered ways through which the neoliberal university ends up being contested in the Global South.
KW - academic work
KW - gender
KW - identity
KW - Latin America
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/0362e639-ebe8-3d1b-9c7c-7ca8916d05a3/
U2 - 10.1111/gwao.12787
DO - 10.1111/gwao.12787
M3 - Article in a journal
AN - SCOPUS:85120881158
SN - 0968-6673
VL - 29
SP - 971
EP - 987
JO - Gender, Work and Organization
JF - Gender, Work and Organization
IS - 4
ER -