Chronotopes and timespace contexts: academic identity work revealed in narrative fiction
In this paper, academic identity work is explored through an examination of its portrayal in a work of narrative fiction using a conceptual tool from literary studies. It is found that such an approach provides insights that would otherwise be difficult to uncover by more conventional methods. The a...
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| description | In this paper, academic identity work is explored through an examination of its portrayal in a work of narrative fiction using a conceptual tool from literary studies. It is found that such an approach provides insights that would otherwise be difficult to uncover by more conventional methods. The analysis reveals academic identity work as an ongoing narrative process of interplay between internal (individual) perspectives, actions, and stories and external (organisational and institutional) influences. It is also found that timespace contexts – chronotopes – play an important role. They show that maintaining a coherent academic identity is fraught with challenges, particularly when navigating the multitude of perspectives on what it means to become an academic. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-623352018-03-05T06:15:00Z Chronotopes and timespace contexts: academic identity work revealed in narrative fiction Pick, David Symons, C. Teo, S. In this paper, academic identity work is explored through an examination of its portrayal in a work of narrative fiction using a conceptual tool from literary studies. It is found that such an approach provides insights that would otherwise be difficult to uncover by more conventional methods. The analysis reveals academic identity work as an ongoing narrative process of interplay between internal (individual) perspectives, actions, and stories and external (organisational and institutional) influences. It is also found that timespace contexts – chronotopes – play an important role. They show that maintaining a coherent academic identity is fraught with challenges, particularly when navigating the multitude of perspectives on what it means to become an academic. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62335 10.1080/03075079.2015.1085008 Routledge fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Pick, David Symons, C. Teo, S. Chronotopes and timespace contexts: academic identity work revealed in narrative fiction |
| title | Chronotopes and timespace contexts: academic identity work revealed in narrative fiction |
| title_full | Chronotopes and timespace contexts: academic identity work revealed in narrative fiction |
| title_fullStr | Chronotopes and timespace contexts: academic identity work revealed in narrative fiction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chronotopes and timespace contexts: academic identity work revealed in narrative fiction |
| title_short | Chronotopes and timespace contexts: academic identity work revealed in narrative fiction |
| title_sort | chronotopes and timespace contexts: academic identity work revealed in narrative fiction |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62335 |