But Some of Us Are Broke: Race, Gender, and the Neoliberalization of the Academy
Tami Navarro
Center for Research on Women, Barnard College, New York, NY, 10027
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Center for Research on Women, Barnard College, New York, NY, 10027
Search for more papers by this authorABSTRACT
enAnthropologists have paid increasing attention to neoliberalism in our research, yet we have been less willing to apply this lens to our own academic positioning and the ways these roles are shaped by privatization and market models. Lives and livelihoods in the American academy are increasingly determined by neoliberalism, and it is vital that we be both reflexive about and engaged around our positions within this project. This article explores the divides that separate various forms of academic labor (secure versus nonsecure, contract, etc.) as well as the raced and gendered implications of these tracks—in particular, the stark ways in which neoliberal transformations negatively affect women of color in the academy. [neoliberalism, academy, race, gender, contingent labor]
RESUMEN
frLos antropólogos han prestado cada vez mayor atención al neoliberalismo en nuestra investigación, sin embargo, hemos estado menos dispuestos a aplicar este lente a nuestro propio posicionamiento académico, y a las maneras en que estos roles están moldeados por la privatización y los modelos del mercado. Las vidas y formas de subsistencia en la academia americana están cada vez más determinadas por el neoliberalismo, y es vital que seamos tanto reflexivos acerca de como comprometidos alrededor de nuestras posiciones dentro de este proyecto. Este artículo explora las divisiones que separan varias formas de trabajo académico (seguro versus no seguro, contrato, etc.) así como las implicaciones racializadas y de género de estas trayectorias—en particular, las formas severas en que las transformaciones neoliberales afectan negativamente a las mujeres de color en la academia. [neoliberalismo, academia, raza, género, labor contingente]
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