How boundaries work in higher education
An ethnographic account of Ph.D. students’ identity formation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11920007 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Duygun Göktürk (0000-0003-0184-6326, Middle East Technical University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 792-809 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7925 • E-ISSN: 1469-3623 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03057925.2024.2321853 |
| OpenAlex | W4392361868 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 53 |
In this article, I argue that Ph.D. students' construction of academic identity depends on the boundary-making process in academia. The presented ethnographic account of Ph.D. students at one of the research-intensive universities in Turkey is based on 15 months of fieldwork, including observations and 21 in-depth interviews with PhD students. This ethnographic study employs a two-headed approach: institution-based boundary-formation and Ph.D. students' socialisation into academic habitus. The findings reveal that, first, the identity building process in doctoral education is constituted by the practices of institution-based boundaries, which enable Ph.D. students to accumulate symbolic and social capital; second, the practices of distinction through socialisation into academic life are developed, embodied, habituated, and integrated to academic identity and academic life as part of a habitus of doctoral education; third, identity formation is a social space of relational positions characterised by the supervisor-enforced social order, rooted in both authority and domination
Aesthetics · Ethnography · Identity (music · Identity formation · Pedagogy · Self-concept · Sociology · Work (physics · Anthropology · Engineering · Higher Education Governance and Development · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Higher Education Research Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |