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We are three women working across two Australian universities. We know the deadening, withering nature and containment of the neoliberal university. Yet, we find ourselves inspired by the wisdom of slow scholarship and recognize that with our deliberate activity with each other we have been emulating something of the cooperative reciprocity inherent in the energy-boosting-V-formations adopted by groups of flying birds.
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Black, A.L., Crimmins, G., Jones, J.K. (2017). Reducing the Drag. In: Riddle, S., Harmes, M.K., Danaher, P.A. (eds) Producing Pleasure in the Contemporary University. Bold Visions in Educational Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-179-7_11
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