Free universities and radical reading groups

Learning to care in the here and now

Bibliographic Data

ID12342129
AuthorsAllan Carlson (0000-0003-4727-4511, ,), Anna R Carlson (0009-0006-8634-426X, The University of Queensland, corresponding author), Briohny Walker (0000-0003-4190-7410, ,)
Year2018
Volume32
Issue6
Pages782-794
Publication date2018-10-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueContinuum (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1030-4312 • E-ISSN: 1469-3666
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10304312.2018.1525925
OpenAlexW2896978116
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited33

This article is an autoethnography of two free education projects, Brisbane Free University and Queering Health Hobart. We suggest that in theorizing our experiences of these sites through feminist theories of care, we see how counter-capitalist and anti-oppressive cultures might be fostered within and against neoliberal capitalism. In particular, we suggest that these spaces foster forms of relationality, locatedness and attentiveness which disrupt the (re)production of neoliberal logics. By attending to one another in the specific conditions of the ‘here and now’, we begin to prefigure counter-capitalist cultures of care

Autoethnography · Capitalism · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political science · Reading (process · Social science · Sociology · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law

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