Making the Right Connections: ‘Knowledge’ and Power in Academic Networking
Gillies, Val; Alldred, Pam · University of Westminster Research
Academic survival demands far more than the obvious vocational skills of researching, publishing and teaching. In order to succeed (or even hang on in) you are required to ‘be’ as well as ‘do’. By this we mean there is a hidden but potent ontological pressure to embrace particular values about who you are and how you relate to others. Such values emphasise i…