@article{755201,
      recid = {755201},
      author = {Vostal, Filip,},
      title = {Accelerating academia the changing structure of academic  time / [electronic resource] :},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {The era of a 'slow-paced' academia characterized by  leisurely tempos of research and pedagogy has gone.  Academia is now an intensely social site, and the  boundaries between capitalist dynamics and academic life  have become blurred. Academic workloads are increasing as  academics have to deal with an ever-growing number of  tasks, information, obligations, texts, procedures and  connections. Yet the time available for carrying out these  activities remains relatively constant, and even seems to  be decreasing. Simultaneously, the 'will to accelerate' has  emerged as a significant cultural and structural force in  knowledge production, propelled by competitiveness and the  drive for excellence. Filip Vostal examines the changing  character of academic time, and questions the nature of  this acceleration. Without challenging its negative  implications, Vostal argues that we cannot fully understand  this phenomenon unless we scrutinize its positive  dimensions, and ask why people opt for acceleration, and  how and why the compulsion to accelerate features in higher  education policy discourse.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/755201},
}