1.

Record Nr.

UNIBAS000043621

Autore

MVRDV <studio di architettura>

Titolo

MVRDV : 2003-2014 : ciudad evolutiva = evolutionary city

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madrid : <<El>> croquis, 2014

ISBN

978-84-88386-81-6

ISSN

0212-5633

Descrizione fisica

256 p. : ill. color. ; 34 cm

Collana

El Croquis ; 173

Disciplina

720.922

Soggetti

MVRDV <studio di architettura>

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Titolo della copertina

Testo in spagnolo e inglese

Vol. monografico della rivista El croquis (2014)



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910255160303321

Autore

Vostal F

Titolo

Accelerating Academia : The Changing Structure of Academic Time / / by F. Vostal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

9781137473608

1137473606

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 242 p.)

Collana

Revisited - Perspektiven der Gender und Queer Studies

Classificazione

EDU015000EDU037000SOC026000

Disciplina

378.1/2212

Soggetti

Educational sociology

Education and state

Industrial sociology

Education, Higher

Sociology

Sociology of Education

Education Policy

Sociology of Work

Higher Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction. The Pulse of Modern Academia -- 1. Thematizing Acceleration -- 2. Continuity and Change in the Temporal Dynamics of Capitalism -- 3. Vehicularity: The Idea of the Knowledge Economy -- 4. Performativity: Competitiveness and Excellence -- 5. Acceleration in the Academic Life-World -- 6. Fast Sites: Igniting and Catapulting Knowledge -- 7. Sociology, Fast and Slow -- Conclusion. For a Temporal Autonomy of Academia.

Sommario/riassunto

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.