TY - JOUR
T1 - Universities upside down
T2 - The impact of the new knowledge economy
AU - Thornton, Margaret
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Engaging with the fiftieth anniversary theme of "Knowledge Reconsidered: Feminism in the Academy at York," this presentation will consider the knowledge revolution that is presently occurring in the academy. Instead of pursuing knowledge for its own sake, à la Newman, universities everywhere are playing a key role in the production of new knowledge as required by nation states. The effect of global trends such as the commodiflcation of knowledge and knowledge transfer will be addressed. The key question in light of these phenomena is what space is there within the new paradigm for the pursuit of feminist, critical, and theoretical knowledge that lacks market value?
AB - Engaging with the fiftieth anniversary theme of "Knowledge Reconsidered: Feminism in the Academy at York," this presentation will consider the knowledge revolution that is presently occurring in the academy. Instead of pursuing knowledge for its own sake, à la Newman, universities everywhere are playing a key role in the production of new knowledge as required by nation states. The effect of global trends such as the commodiflcation of knowledge and knowledge transfer will be addressed. The key question in light of these phenomena is what space is there within the new paradigm for the pursuit of feminist, critical, and theoretical knowledge that lacks market value?
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77949348971&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3138/cjwl.21.2.375
DO - 10.3138/cjwl.21.2.375
M3 - Review article
SN - 0832-8781
VL - 21
SP - 375
EP - 393
JO - Canadian journal of women and the law = Revue juridique La femme et le droit
JF - Canadian journal of women and the law = Revue juridique La femme et le droit
IS - 2
ER -