But We Stopped All This

Stopping Practices of Women Full Professors in Neoliberal Times

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ID13134702
AuthorsIsaura Castelao-Huerta (0000-0001-9402-3868, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume16
Issue4
Pages295-314
Publication date2023-10-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Women and Gender in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2637-9112 • E-ISSN: 2637-9120
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/26379112.2023.2239413
OpenAlexW4387871318
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited57

In this article, I present how some women full professors have implemented stopping practices, thus setting limits to their academic work in a neoliberal context. From semi-structured and in-depth interviews with three women professors at the National University of Colombia, this research presents their stopping practices: saying "No" when asked to take on more academic responsibilities and refusing to work outside working hours, as well as distancing themselves from electronic devices that could keep them connected to their academic work outside office hours. Stopping is a gradual process that led them to set limits on the time they devoted to work, which revealed that their subjection to neoliberal governmentality was not total. Nevertheless, stopping was also a luxury since these women professors could do so thanks to their job and economic stability, academic prestige, and the privilege of their seniority. As such, I explain how stopping is both a privilege and a form of resistance to neoliberal productivist demands that has various implications for policy, practice, and future research

Context (archaeology · Governmentality · Political science · Politics · Privilege (computing · Public relations · Seniority · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Studies · Law · Mentoring and Academic Development · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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