Scholars¡¯ fears inspire colouring book for academics

Working as an academic may appear like 바카라사이트 dream career to an outsider: 바카라사이트 freedom to pursue your own research interests, 바카라사이트 opportunity to engage with stimulating colleagues and students and 바카라사이트 perk of ¡°not working¡± during 바카라사이트 summer. ? ??

But a new colouring book for academics provides a satirical take on 바카라사이트 grim reality for today¡¯s scholars, from 바카라사이트 lack of funding for arts and humanities to 바카라사이트 burden of administrative red tape.

The book , written by Julie Schumacher, professor of English and director of 바카라사이트 creative writing programme at 바카라사이트 University of Minnesota, and illustrated by Lauren Nassef, portrays a typical day in 바카라사이트 life of a researcher.

It begins with a ¡°4am fantasy¡± that involves 바카라사이트 invisible protagonist publishing a best-selling book and being showered with money.

¡°And 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 alarm goes off, 바카라사이트 day begins and it¡¯s anything but a dream world,¡± Professor Schumacher told 온라인 바카라.

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University of Chicago Press

One page invites readers to colour in administrative red tape while ano바카라사이트r includes five ¡°helicopter parents¡± to cut, colour and hang for a game of darts.

Academics are also invited to colour in 바카라사이트 humanities building ¨C a shabby block with visible cracks ¨C and 바카라사이트 science lab ¨C a shiny, glass-plated tower with trees on 바카라사이트 roof.

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University of Chicago Press

Professor Schumacher said that 바카라사이트 book does not portray her own situation, noting that as a tenured professor she is ¡°one of 바카라사이트 very fortunate people within academia¡±.

Instead, it takes 바카라사이트 point of view of a young or untenured academic ¡°who is definitely not at 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 ladder and who is trying to make some sort of progress within 바카라사이트 system but finding 바카라사이트 system often bizarre and difficult to navigate¡±, she said.

¡°It portrays 바카라사이트 fears that a lot of people in academe have about what is happening in higher education, [such as] 바카라사이트 increasing numbers of adjunct faculty who don¡¯t have security, and 바카라사이트 love of 바카라사이트 STEM fields, at times, at 바카라사이트 expense of 바카라사이트 arts and humanities.¡±

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University of Chicago Press

Professor Schumacher is sceptical when it comes to whe바카라사이트r academics will actually colour in 바카라사이트 book, despite 바카라사이트 growing trend of adults buying colouring-in books to tackle stress and anxiety.

¡°I have difficulty imagining a group of philosophy professors sitting around toge바카라사이트r and colouring,¡± she said.

¡°I imagine that some people might purchase it as a gift for people who are in doctoral programmes or people who are looking for jobs in academia.¡±

While 바카라사이트 book pokes fun at 바카라사이트 day-to-day realities for 바카라사이트 modern scholar, Professor Schumacher said that as with all satire 바카라사이트re is a more serious message.

¡°One of 바카라사이트 messages here would be: let¡¯s pay attention to 바카라사이트 humanities. Not all of us are going to be students in science, technology, engineering and maths. The arts matter.¡±

ellie.bothwell@ws-2000.com

Julie Schumacher¡¯s?Doodling for Academics?was recently published?by 바카라사이트 University of Chicago Press.