Examining the gendered timescapes of higher education
Reflections through letter writing as feminist praxis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12230544 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Penny Jane Burke (0000-0001-9924-706X, Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia, corresponding author), Gifty Oforiwaa Gyamera (0000-0003-1373-4102, School of Public Service and Governance, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Accra, Ghana), the Ghanaian Feminist Collective |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 267-281 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Gender and Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-0253 • E-ISSN: 1360-0516 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09540253.2022.2151982 |
| OpenAlex | W4310382963 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 23 |
This article examines the significance of neoliberalism in re/shaping the gendered timescapes of higher education in Ghana through its intersection with patriarchal forces. It draws from a project aiming to create non-hierarchical, co-mentoring spaces in which participants collaboratively generate feminist analyses. Letter-writing was identified as a form of feminist praxis and an auto/biographical method to access the multidimensional inequalities women navigated in their careers. Opening counter-hegemonic time–space and providing feminist conceptual resources, the women explored their aspirations, experiences, and subjectivities. In Ghana, women are attempting to balance the accelerated temporalities of neoliberal higher education, as productive subjects, with the explicit demands of patriarchy, which construct them primarily in reproductive terms as wives and mothers. Our collective reflections illustrate that intersecting forces are at play that impact women’s higher education careers in unpredictable and contradictory ways
Construct (python library · Epistemology · Feminism · Feminist pedagogy · Hegemony · Higher education · Neoliberalism (international relations · Patriarchy · Political science · Politics · Praxis · Social science · Sociology · Temporalities · Temporality · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Mentoring and Academic Development
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The submergence and re-emergence of gender in undergraduate accounts of university experience
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Gender in the neoliberalised global academy
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| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |