Managing the Academic Racehorse: Bioaccountability, Surveillance, and the Crafting of Docile Faculty in Mexican Universities

Authors

Blanca Minerva Torres-Olave, Loyola University ChicagoFollow
Maria Elena Torres-Olave, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2018

Volume

9

Pages

15

Abstract

In this essay, we consider the “petty” managerial technologies of audit and surveillance that shape the lives of Mexican faculty and introduce the term bioaccountability to refer to the growing use of biometric control mechanisms implemented around the world to monitor faculty activities and performance. We draw on personal experience at three Mexican public universities to illustrate the chilling impact of encroaching (bio)accountability policies on academic culture, including the gradual erosion of academic freedom.

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Torres-Olave, Blanca Minerva and Torres-Olave, Maria Elena. Managing the Academic Racehorse: Bioaccountability, Surveillance, and the Crafting of Docile Faculty in Mexican Universities. , 9, : 15, 2018. Retrieved from Loyola eCommons, Education: School of Education Faculty Publications and Other Works,

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