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Writing differently: Finding beauty in the broken

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  • Maranda Ridgway
  • Michaela Edwards
  • Louise Oldridge

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This article presents our “multi‐vocal memory work” of collaborative researching and writing experiences as women academics in UK Business Schools. Set against the backdrop of the broken neoliberal academy, we use Daoism as an analytical lens to identify two emergent themes: 1) emotional contradictions and 2) institutional and social structures: micro‐creative and collective change. Examining ourselves and the academy as broken, we learn to find beauty in the flaws as they signify healing. Thus, sharing our emotions and vulnerability through collective research and writing enables us to “put ourselves back together.” Methodologically, we draw on memory work to explore different ways of researching and writing. We argue that there is emergent hope in identifying and raising the profile of growing spaces within the academy for alternative forms of writing.

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  • Maranda Ridgway & Michaela Edwards & Louise Oldridge, 2024. "Writing differently: Finding beauty in the broken," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(6), pages 2768-2786, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:gender:v:31:y:2024:i:6:p:2768-2786
    DOI: 10.1111/gwao.13125
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