Recenzja: Oskar Szwabowski, Nekrofilna produkcja akademicka i pieśni partyzantów. Autoetnografia pracy akademickiej i dydaktycznej w czasach zombie-kapitalizmu, Instytut Pedagogiki Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, Wrocław 2019
Słowa kluczowe: autoetnografia, neoliberalizm, neoliberalizacja, wiedza usytuowana, wspólnoty, uniwersytet
Songs of Disalienation: On the hopes and pitfalls of autoethnography on the margins of Oskar Szwabowski’s project
The review article offers a critical reflection on the potentials and limitations of the autoethnographic method seen as an analytical tool for a better understanding of academic work in the context of neoliberal reform of the Polish academy. It is primarily inspired by Oskar Szwabowski’s book, Nekrofilna produkcja akademicka i pieśni partyzantów [Necrophilic Academic Production and the Songs of Partisans], which is the result of the author’s exploration of alternative forms of academic writing and more democratic model of didactics. In the following sections of the article, Juskowiak addresses, among other things, the therapeutic-compensatory function of autoethnography, linking it to Szwabowski’s affirmation of the art of parrhesia and the community-forming aspect of collaborative writing. He also draws attention to the shortcomings of the reviewed proposal, arguing for a more nuanced, variegated vision of neoliberalism and more in-depth use of the possibilities offered by Donna Haraway’s situated knowledge.
Keywords: autoethnography, neoliberalism, neoliberalization, situated knowledge, community, university