Code: 04922492

Knowledge Contract

Name: Knowledge Contract
Brand: University of Nebraska Press
SKU: 04922492
Price: 28.34 EUR
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Author: David B. Downing
ISBN: 9780803217300

by David B. Downing

Language: English
Binding: Hardback
Number of pages: 326
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 2005
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"The Knowledge Contract" intervenes in the ongoing debates about the changing conditions of higher education in America, with a special focus on English studies and the humanities. This highly original study integrates three crucial concerns: the economic restructuring of higher education, the transformation of disciplinary models of teaching and research, and the rise of the academic labor movement. Whereas most contemporary critiques of higher education have focused on the impact of global economic forces, "The Knowledge Contract" adds a new dimension to the discussion by addressing the tensions between disciplinary and non-disciplinary forms of academic work. David B. Downing draws on several traditions of scholarship: histories of the university, sociological studies of education, critiques of disciplinary and interdisciplinary forms of work, histories of academic capitalism and the labor movement, and field-specific analyses of the history of English studies. Building on his analysis, Downing develops alternative possibilities to the dominance of disciplinary forms of labor and offers scenarios for creating more equitable working and learning conditions for faculty and students. David B. Downing is a professor of English at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He is the editor of "Changing Classroom Practices: Resources for Literary and Cultural Studies" and the co-editor of "Beyond English, Inc.: Curricular Reform in a Global Economy", among other books. He edits the journal "Works and Days".