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Book SynopsisWhat does power abuse look and feel like in the academic world? How does it affect university faculty, students, education and research? What can we do to counteract and prevent power abuse? These questions are addressed in this collection of autobiographical poems, essays and illustrations about academia. The contributors reflect on individual experiences as well as underlying institutional structures, providing original perspectives on bullying, sexual harassment, discrimination, and other forms of power abuse in academic workplaces. They share their stories in order to break the culture of silence around power abuse in academia and point out pathways for constructive change.
Table of Contents1 The Same Old Story? An Introduction Julie Hansen and Ingela Nilsson 2 The Polyphony of Academia Ingela Nilsson 3 What My CV Doesn’t Tell You Julie Hansen 4 Notes from the Margins of Academic Life Anonymous 1 5 A Decisive Meeting in Department X Dinah Wouters, Tim Noens, Thomas Velle and Anonymous 2 6 Phantom Libraries: Unspoken Words, Untold Stories and Unwritten Texts Moa Ekbom 7 On the Occasion of My Retirement Cecilia Mörner 8 How to Be a Professor in the Twenty-First Century Wim Verbaal 9 Bad Days Anonymous 3 10 On Diversity Workshops: Challenges and Opportunities Kai Dowding, Hanna McGinnis and Ana Núñez 11 Still a World to Win Anonymous 4 12 Fragments of Missed Opportunities: Or Unrealized Dialectical Exchanges with a Mentor Anonymous 5 13 Flexing Muscles Ingela Nilsson 14 Lessons I Learned at University Ricarda Schier 15 Benevolence or Bitterness Antony Smith 16 Observations from a Non-Academic on Academic Life Ken Robertson 17 Harassment and Abuse of Power from a Global Perspective: Or the Importance of a Conversation Anonymous 6 18 What My Younger Self Would Have Said, Had She Spoken up, and How My Present Self Would Have Replied Ingela Nilsson 19 The Ghosts of Academia Veronika Muchitsch 20 The Unbearable Shame of Crying at Work Anonymous 7 21 Panic Button 111 Ingela Nilsson 22 Quit Thomas Oles 23 Diving Deeper: The Redemptive Power of Metaphor Helen Sword Epilogue: The Privilege of Writing One’s Story and Reading Those of Others Ingela Nilsson Epilogue: Gathering Voices for a Better Academic Workplace Julie Hansen
