Brown, N;
(2017)
Academic identity: active identity and body work in academia.
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Proceedings of the 2017 Annual Conference.
SRHE (Society for Research in Higher Education): Newport, South Wales, UK.
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Abstract
With Higher Education undergoing increasing changes academic life is more pressurised, less autonomous and less secure. Against this backdrop mental health issues and illness within Higher Education are on the increase. In this paper, I present an exploration of academic identity under the influence of fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is a complex, gendered, contested syndrome characterised by widespread pain, chronic fatigue, sleep problems, psychological disorders and cognitive dysfunctions. Through an embodied, phenomenological approach with metaphors and representations I seek to understand the life of academics with fibromyalgia. Data drawn from timelines, interviews and identity boxes describes the life for academics with an illness on the cusp of the physiological, psychological and somatic. The analysis provides an insight into the conscious identity work and body work required to reconcile the experience of illness with the academic's public face and life. I conclude with a discussion of participatory and inclusive research within Higher Education.
Type: | Proceedings paper |
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Title: | Academic identity: active identity and body work in academia |
Event: | SRHE Annual Conference 2017, 6-8 December 2017 |
Location: | Newport, South Wales |
Dates: | 06 December 2017 - 08 December 2017 |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
Publisher version: | https://www.srhe.ac.uk/conference2017/downloads/SR... |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
Keywords: | fibromyalgia, academic identity, creative research methods |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Arts and Sciences (BASc) |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10039836 |
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