Dystopia of the Modern
Vol. 3 No. 4 (2025), Articles
Vol. 3 No. 4 (2025)

Dystopia of the Modern: Collaborative Autoethnographic Lenses on Neoliberal Academia

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https://doi.org/10.5195/faci.2025.157
Published 2017-02-01
Simten Cosar
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2815-0073
Leyla Bektaş Ata
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neoliberalism
mode of knowledge production
autoethnography
collaborative autoethnography
universities

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Cosar, S., & Bektaş Ata, L. (2017). Dystopia of the Modern: Collaborative Autoethnographic Lenses on Neoliberal Academia. Feminist Asylum: A Journal of Critical Interventions, 3(4). https://doi.org/10.5195/faci.2025.157
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In this article, we offer an intergenerational discussion on the pros and cons of autoethnography with a view to the dynamics of neoliberal universities.

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