The hand that rocks the cradle
Revaluing academic labour and recognizing the centrality of care work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11951565 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sahana V Rajan (0000-0001-9680-6559, Jindal Global Business School, OP Jindal Global University , Haryana 131001, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 290-305 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-20 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Philosophy of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8249 • E-ISSN: 1467-9752 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jopedu/qhae064 |
| OpenAlex | W4402664919 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 39 |
This article examines the often overlooked yet crucial role of care work within the academic ecosystem. Challenging the dominant paradigm that prioritizes research output, the article argues for recognizing academic labour as a spectrum where teaching, research, and service hold equal value. Drawing on Rajan’s framework of ‘academic care work’, the article demonstrates the inseparable link between care and knowledge, highlighting how care work forms the foundation for knowledge production and reproduction. The analysis situates academic care workers within the complex administrative landscape of higher education institutions, exploring the challenges posed by managerialism and external pressures. The article introduces the ‘Argument from Shared Paradigm’, positing that academics, through their shared experiences and values, are uniquely positioned to advocate for and safeguard care-centred practices in research and teaching. By recognizing care work’s essential contributions, this article calls for a re-evaluation of academic reward systems and a shift towards a more inclusive academic culture
Centrality · Epistemology · Sociology · Emotional Labor in Professions · Higher Education and Employability · Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Philosophy
Rankings and the Reshaping of Higher Education
Designing Effective Feedback Processes in Higher Education
The Scholarship of Teaching
Teaching and Research
The Morphing of Academic Practice: Unbundling and the Rise of the Para-academic
The evaluation of scholarship in academic promotion and tenure processes
Faculty Service Loads and Gender
Control by numbers
The Paperwinner’s Model in Academia and Undervaluation of Care Work
Linking Research and Teaching to Benefit Student Learning
University ranking as social exclusion
Teaching, research, and service
Learning from the Experience of Others
Metrics, Money, and Managerialism
Constrained Choices
Women Don't Ask? Women Don't Say No? Bargaining and Service in the Political Science Profession
Audit Culture and Anthropology
Rankings and Reactivity
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |