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    Chronotopes and timespace contexts: academic identity work revealed in narrative fiction

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    Authors
    Pick, David
    Symons, C.
    Teo, S.
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Pick, D. and Symons, C. and Teo, S. 2015. Chronotopes and timespace contexts: academic identity work revealed in narrative fiction. Studies in Higher Education. 42 (7): pp. 1174-1193.
    Source Title
    Studies in Higher Education
    DOI
    10.1080/03075079.2015.1085008
    ISSN
    0307-5079
    School
    School of Management
    Remarks

    This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Studies in Higher Education on 09/10/2015 available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03075079.2015.1085008

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62335
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    In this paper, academic identity work is explored through an examination of its portrayal in a work of narrative fiction using a conceptual tool from literary studies. It is found that such an approach provides insights that would otherwise be difficult to uncover by more conventional methods. The analysis reveals academic identity work as an ongoing narrative process of interplay between internal (individual) perspectives, actions, and stories and external (organisational and institutional) influences. It is also found that timespace contexts – chronotopes – play an important role. They show that maintaining a coherent academic identity is fraught with challenges, particularly when navigating the multitude of perspectives on what it means to become an academic.

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