Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education
|
Buy Now
The Interlude in Academe - Reclaiming Time and Space for Intellectual Life (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R2,034
Discovery Miles 20 340
|
|
The Interlude in Academe - Reclaiming Time and Space for Intellectual Life (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
This book is an exploration of the idea that interludes - or
disruptions to our usual rhythms, rituals, and routines - offer
individuals and institutions alike an incomparable opportunity to
examine the governing assumptions that undergird academic work and
to experiment with alternative modes and models of intellectual
life. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as the prime example of an
externally imposed interlude on a mass scale, the book argues that
the compulsion of most colleges and universities to "return to
business as usual" reveals that the "business" of the academic
enterprise is only tangentially about learning, ideas, or the life
of the mind. It is mostly about keeping the institutional machinery
running at all costs, typically at the behest of state and market
forces. Meanwhile, interludes of any size or duration, from
massively disruptive global pandemics to brief elective personal
retreats, offer occasions for interrogating our entrenched policies
and practices and are simultaneously spaces for the pursuit of
learning and idea play both within and beyond institutions.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.