Academic Fragilities in a Marketised Age

The Case of Chile

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8407635
AutoresCarolina Guzmán-Valenzuela (0000-0002-7974-762X, University of Valparaíso, autor de correspondencia), R Barnett (0000-0002-6850-7639, University of London)
Año2013
Volumen61
Número2
Páginas203-220
Fecha de publicación2013-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBritish Journal of Educational Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-1005 • E-ISSN: 1467-8527
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00071005.2013.776006
OpenAlexW1975313569
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19
Referencias citadas22

Academics are confronted with multiple and conflicting narratives as to what it is to be an academic. Their identities, however, are not entirely of their own making. Through a qualitative study, and deploying a social realist perspective, this paper analyses academic identities in Chile and attempts to locate the patterns of identity in the context of a marketised higher education system. The data were collected in both a state and a private university. The results suggest that distinct kinds of fragilities may be emerging among Chilean academics (ontological and contractual fragilities). These two fragilities can be traced to the attendant structures of the university system at an institutional level (reputational fragility in the public sector and a branding fragility in the private sector). The paper concludes by observing that, although the power of the structures is considerable, there are still spaces for agentic responses

Art · Humanities · Political science · Critical Realism in Sociology · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Higher Education Governance and Development