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Ikonen, Hanna-Mari; Korvajärvi, Päivi – Gender and Education, 2023
Based on the identification of the discourse of choice in debates on neoliberalism, meritocracy and post-feminism, this article analyses how highly educated mothers position themselves within the discourse of choice and use "choice" as their discursive resource when reflecting on how their demanding careers combine with motherhood. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Researchers, Neoliberalism
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Acker, Sandra; Wagner, Anne – Gender and Education, 2019
A considerable scholarship now describes the increasing neoliberalization of universities and the accompanying impacts on academic research and researchers. However, less attention has been devoted to issues of research project leadership, especially for academics with feminist commitments. This article reports results of a qualitative study of 12…
Descriptors: Feminism, Neoliberalism, College Faculty, Females
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Somerville, Margaret Jean – Australian Educational Researcher, 2018
This lecture asks: How can education research address the big questions of our time, and what has politics got to do with it? It will trace moments and movements of researcher-(un)becoming to explore the (micro)politics of a lifetime of educational research. Politics is understood as both intimate and immense, as the intertwined politics of global…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Relevance (Education), Educational Researchers, Foreign Countries
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Lahelma, Elina; Lappalainen, Sirpa; Mietola, Reetta; Palmu, Tarja – Ethnography and Education, 2014
In this article, we discuss the usefulness of collaborative, multi-sited and cross-cultural ethnography. Giving three examples from our work, we suggest that it is possible to find new kinds of interpretations by joint reflections that draw from several studies with their own research questions. The cases presented discuss teachers' embodiment and…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Cross Cultural Studies, Sexuality, Gender Differences
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Berg, Paivi – Ethnography and Education, 2010
This article examines the experiences of the researched and the researcher using ethnographic data from interviews with students (13-14-year-olds) and teachers and from participant observation in physical education classes at a Finnish secondary school. Erving Goffman's dramaturgical perspective is used as a frame of reference. In this…
Descriptors: Feminism, Physical Education, Participant Observation, Ethnography