The Pandemic Phd Programme Reading And Thinking About the Celebrity Intellectual (And Covid-19)

Authors

  • Tara Brabazon Dean of Graduate Research and the Professor of Cultural Studies, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
  • Aidan Cornelius-Bell PhD candidate at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
  • Elisa Armstrong PhD candidate at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v8i1p165

Keywords:

Celebrity Intellectual, Quit Lit, COVID-19, Post-Pandemic University, Pandemic PhD, Academic Literacies, Reading and Writing Cultures

Abstract

This article presents an unusual study of a reading group conducted during the COVID-19 lockdown, shutdown and social isolation. The international collectivity created through this reading community probed not only scholarly monographs but the nature of a celebrity intellectual. As the higher education sector suffers redundancies, cutbacks and restructures, how does the precariat adjunct academy manage the celebrity intellectual and Quit Lit? More importantly, what is the use of academic reading and writing in a PhD programme confronting a pandemic?

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Brabazon, T., Cornelius-Bell , A., & Armstrong, E. (2021). The Pandemic Phd Programme Reading And Thinking About the Celebrity Intellectual (And Covid-19). International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies, 8(2), 165-188. https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v8i1p165

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