Academic Work—Faster, Higher, Further? On the (Missing) Proportion of Work to Spare Time in the (Cultural) Sciences
Keywords:
studies of culture, work, profession, vocation, career, recognition, happiness, private life, family, leisure time, biography, interview
Abstract
We make the practices of the academic production of knowledge a subject of critical discussion by focusing on the world of academic work and the academics themselves. Based on interviews with academics in the field of cultural sciences we conclude that with regard to their daily routines, their annual schedules, and their life-courses the so-called private life (family life, leisure time etc.) becomes dominated by the social and cultural logics of the working sphere. Although it might appear exaggerated, we will refer to the humanities as a "total institution" which entails social, physical, and mental costs for its "inmates" as well as for those who never managed to become "inmates" (in spite of their efforts) and those who don’t belong to the institution any more. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0801385Downloads
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Published
2008-01-31
How to Cite
Dressel, G., & Langreiter, N. (2008). Academic Work—Faster, Higher, Further? On the (Missing) Proportion of Work to Spare Time in the (Cultural) Sciences. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-9.1.313
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Copyright (c) 2008 Gert Dressel, Nikola Langreiter

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