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Reckoning up: sexual harassment and violence in the neoliberal university
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posted on 2023-06-09, 13:32 authored by Alison PhippsThis paper situates sexual harassment and violence in the neoliberal university. Using data from a ‘composite ethnography’ representing twelve years of research, I argue that institutional inaction on these issues reflects how they are ‘reckoned up’ in the context of gender and other structures. The impact of disclosure is projected in market terms: this produces institutional airbrushing which protects both the institution and those (usually privileged men) whose welfare is bound up with its success. Staff and students are differentiated by power/value relations, which interact with gender and intersecting categories. Survivors are often left with few alternatives to speaking out in the ‘outrage economy’ of the corporate media: however, this can support institutional airbrushing and bolster punitive technologies. I propose the method of Grounded Action Inquiry, implemented with attention to Lorde’s work on anger, as a parrhesiastic practice of ‘speaking in’ to the neoliberal institution.
Funding
Gender and Institutional Culture; G1703; Imperial College
Research into campus culture and the experiences of women students in higher education; G0985; NATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS; LB-1760
Universities Supporting Victims of Sexual Violence (USVSV); G1893; EUROPEAN UNION; JUST/2014/RDAP/AG/VICT/7401
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- Published
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- Accepted version
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Gender and EducationISSN
0954-0253Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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2Volume
32Page range
227-243Department affiliated with
- Sociology and Criminology Publications
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- Centre for Gender Studies Publications
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- Yes
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- Yes
Legacy Posted Date
2018-05-29First Open Access (FOA) Date
2019-12-06First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2018-05-29Usage metrics
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