03828nam 22005653u 450 991081918210332120240314023953.01-78320-075-8(CKB)2550000001101133(EBL)1334343(SSID)ssj0000973375(PQKBManifestationID)12345847(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000973375(PQKBWorkID)10978834(PQKB)10149463(MiAaPQ)EBC1334343(EXLCZ)99255000000110113320130812d2013|||| u|| |engurcnu||||||||txtccrZombies in the Academy Living Death in Higher Education1st ed.Bristol Intellect20131 online resource (398 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84150-714-8 Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; SECTION 1: Zombification in the corporate university; First as tragedy, then as corpse; 'Being' post-death at Zombie University; University life, zombie states and reanimation; The living dead and the dead living: contagion and complicity in contemporary universities; Zombie solidarity; The Journal of Doctor Wallace; SECTION 2: Moribund content and infectious technologies; Zombie processes and undead technologies; The botnet: webs of hegemony/zombies who publish; The intranet of the living dead: software and universitiesVirtual learning environments and the zombification of learning and teaching in British universities Mapping zombies: a guide for digital pre-apocalyptic analysis and post-apocalyptic survival; Infectious textbooks; SECTION 3 Zombie literacies and pedagogies; Undead universities, the plagiarism 'plague', paranoia and hypercitation; EAP programmes feeding the living dead of academia: critical thinking as a global antibody; Zombies in the classroom: education as consumption in two novels by Joyce Carol Oates; Queer pedagogies in zombie times: parody, neo-liberalism and higher educationZombies are us: the living dead as a tool for pedagogical reflection Escaping the zombie threat by mathematics; Toward a zombie pedagogy: embodied teaching and the student 2.0; SECTION 4:The post-apocalyptic terrain; 'Sois mort et tais toi': zombie mobs and student protests; Living-dead man's shoes? Teaching and researching glossy topics in a harsh social and cultural context; Feverish homeless cannibal; A report on the global Viral-Z outbreak and its impact on higher education; Bibliography; List of contributors; Index; Back CoverZombies in the Academy taps into the current popular fascination with zombies and brings together scholars from a range of fields, including cultural and communications studies, sociology, film studies, and education, to give a critical account of the political, cultural, and pedagogical state of the university through the metaphor of zombiedom. The contributions to this volume argue that the increasing corporatization of the academy - an environment emphasizing publication, narrow research, and a vulnerable tenure system - is creating a crisis in higher education best understood through theEducation, Higher -- Aims and objectivesEducationZombiismEducation, Higher -- Aims and objectives.Education.Zombiism.378.01Whelan Andrew1606667Walker Ruth995939Moore Christopher1606668AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910819182103321Zombies in the Academy3932572UNINA