On the (im)possibilities of being a good enough researcher at a neoliberal university

Zielke J, Thompson M, Hepburn P (2022)
Area 55(1): 46-52.

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Three years after finishing a participatory research project with a low-income community, we look back at the ways we struggled and continue to struggle under the neoliberal climate we find ourselves in. Specifically, we ask whether the managerialised research infrastructures of the neoliberal university provide a 'good enough' environment, and whether we, as researchers, were able to conduct 'good enough' research with austerity-stricken respective communities. Engaging with literature on failure and self-care, we offer insights on the (im)possibilities of doing 'good enough' research in climates that are harsh to participants as well as researchers. Taking a Winnicottian, psychoanalytic lens of working under 'average expectable conditions', we conclude that, over time, we may perhaps create moments of micro-resistance that may make our failures productive; however, these should not give research institutions a free pass to continue their not-good-enough, exploitative practices.
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anxious research; good enough; neoliberal university; productive; failure; resistance
Erscheinungsjahr
2022
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Area
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55
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1
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46-52
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0004-0894
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1475-4762
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Zielke J, Thompson M, Hepburn P. On the (im)possibilities of being a good enough researcher at a neoliberal university. Area. 2022;55(1):46-52.
Zielke, J., Thompson, M., & Hepburn, P. (2022). On the (im)possibilities of being a good enough researcher at a neoliberal university. Area, 55(1), 46-52. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12815
Zielke, Julia, Thompson, Matthew, and Hepburn, Paul. 2022. “On the (im)possibilities of being a good enough researcher at a neoliberal university”. Area 55 (1): 46-52.
Zielke, J., Thompson, M., and Hepburn, P. (2022). On the (im)possibilities of being a good enough researcher at a neoliberal university. Area 55, 46-52.
Zielke, J., Thompson, M., & Hepburn, P., 2022. On the (im)possibilities of being a good enough researcher at a neoliberal university. Area, 55(1), p 46-52.
J. Zielke, M. Thompson, and P. Hepburn, “On the (im)possibilities of being a good enough researcher at a neoliberal university”, Area, vol. 55, 2022, pp. 46-52.
Zielke, J., Thompson, M., Hepburn, P.: On the (im)possibilities of being a good enough researcher at a neoliberal university. Area. 55, 46-52 (2022).
Zielke, Julia, Thompson, Matthew, and Hepburn, Paul. “On the (im)possibilities of being a good enough researcher at a neoliberal university”. Area 55.1 (2022): 46-52.
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