Zielke, Julia;
Thompson, Matthew;
Hepburn, Paul;
(2023)
On the (im)possibilities of being a good enough researcher at a neoliberal university.
Area
, 55
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pp. 46-52.
10.1111/area.12815.
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Abstract
Three years after finishing a participatory research project with a low‐income community, we look back at the ways we struggled and continue to struggle under the neoliberal climate we find ourselves in. Specifically, we ask whether the managerialised research infrastructures of the neoliberal university provide a ‘good enough’ environment, and whether we, as researchers, were able to conduct ‘good enough’ research with austerity‐stricken respective communities. Engaging with literature on failure and self‐care, we offer insights on the (im)possibilities of doing ‘good enough’ research in climates that are harsh to participants as well as researchers. Taking a Winnicottian, psychoanalytic lens of working under ‘average expectable conditions’, we conclude that, over time, we may perhaps create moments of micro‐resistance that may make our failures productive; however, these should not give research institutions a free pass to continue their not‐good‐enough, exploitative practices.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | On the (im)possibilities of being a good enough researcher at a neoliberal university |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/area.12815 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/area.12815 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | The information, practices and views in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). © 2022 The Authors. Area published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
| Keywords: | commons, urban governance, community economy, social innovation, neoliberal austerity, postpolitics, failure |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10184649 |
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