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Academic leisure crafting: More than a respite to breath? by David Raymond Jones is a Social Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Academic leisure crafting: More than a respite to breath? about?
In the context of the increased frustration and anxiety around managerialism of universities, this article explores how a group of 11 academics, from three different universities, diverse disciplines and levels are responding collectively outside of their work. Moreover, it tracks the enactment of the ‘Slow Swimming Club’, initiated by the author and jointly participated in and shaped by these academics. The club represents a particular form of leisure crafting, called slow swimming. Using an autoethnographic approach, the impact of the Slow Swimming Club was explored over a 10‐year period. The article reflects on the initial effect of this practice, around an individualised compensatory respite from the academics’ feelings of frustration and insecurity. This respite was framed in terms of temporal and aesthetic task crafting. The article then reflects on how the external, counter‐performative nature of leisure crafting has opened up time and space for job crafting, back in their universities. The differentiating feature of this research is around the role of academic agency in moving beyond respite towards structural contestation and more systemic change. It also highlights the im
Who reads Academic leisure crafting: More than a respite to breath??
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Social Sciences.
- Author
- David Raymond Jones
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Social Sciences