We Give Any Lesson

"At least 16 hours of course load, card printing, projects, consultancy... Here we work as secretaries, civil servants... and we attend as many classes as possible, like a college teacher. There is no time for research. (...) I cannot receive financial and moral support for my creative projects." ." "I hope I will relax a little after being an associate professor. I mean, I'm used to these conditions. (…) It's not so much that I get depressed... It might last a few hours or a day. It doesn't reach such levels that it will make me physically sick, depressed, depressed, or make me cry, but... "You know, we read and hear that he might come there, that's why I said it." Being an academic is a "so-called" respectable profession; Those who step into academics pursue both this prestige and their own intellectual interests. They enter this path with "voluntary asceticism and devotion." However, in academic "work" there is heavy labor exploitation and insecurity. There is a labor process that eats away at employees spiritually and leaves them with a feeling of nothingness. Aslı Vatansever and Meral Gezici Yalçın examine this process of precarization, which culminates in "so-called" foundation universities. With detailed descriptions, based on comprehensive interviews and with an analytical perspective... By examining the mechanisms of habituation, disregard and acceptance, and the obstacles to class consciousness and organization...
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 268

Year of Printing: 2014


Language: Turkish
Publisher: İletişim Publishing

First Print Year: 2015

Language Turkish