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Maggie Berg
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Portsmouth, The United Kingdom
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“The Slow movement can get us back in touch with what it means to carry out scholarly work. Instead of “I am producing ...,” we might say to ourselves and others, “I am contemplating ...,” or “I am conversing with ...” or even “I am in joyful pursuit of ...”
― The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy
― The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy
“We argue that approaching our professional practice from a perspective influenced by the Slow movement has the potential to disrupt the corporate ethos of speed.”
― The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy
― The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy
“Ironically, our feelings of lack of productivity and not measuring up have not led us until now to “read” the institution; our self-blame has played into corporate values. As many have commented, there has been little protest from academics to the attack on the core principles of the university. It is not only that academics are “run off their feet” (Menzies and Newson, “Over-Extended Academic” par. 3) but also that the individualistic and meritocratic values of academic training inhibit collective awareness. While”
― The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy
― The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy
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