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Artist Statement

Despite the change over time in academia's gender profile, (Bradley & Oldham 2020), visualising the choices, attempts to find some focused time to do research. university is undervalued, as is teaching. The status The 'creative outputs' on display symbolise sources consulted
educationalists Kelly Bradley and Carolyn Oldham (2020) priorities, so-called invisible work and engagements in The term "invisible service work" refers to activities such as hierarchy rewards research" (2021: 311). the time-consuming role of a parent in trying to create Bird, Litt, and Wang (2004:199)
challenge what they perceive to be the perpetuation of the many worlds I traverse daily as a parent, partner, marketing the department, running social media platforms Invisible work was added onto by care work, which an enriched life for a child. I have placed them on a Bowyer, D., Deitz, M., Jamison, A., Taylor, C., Gyengesi, E., Ross,
"gendered norms of productivity and the mythical notion professional and academic. Like an apron, these roles to encourage cohesion and draw in prospective students, during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 - 2021 included low plinth, so the viewer has to look down on them, J., Hammond, H., Ogbeide, A.E. & Dune, T. 2021. Academic
of work-life balance", both of which "endlessly complicate are worn, sullied, removed, washed and then again hung participating in industry events and competition entries, and taking on more teaching due to staffing issues, organising as it often feels to me that the act of even having a mothers, professional identity and COVID-19: Feminist reflections on
the conceptualisation and operationalisation of the female on the wall, ready for another day of service. An apron is offering support and care work to students and colleagues counselling for students and following up with students child, much less spending time bringing up said child, career cycles, progression and practice. Gender, Work & Organization,
academic's success". Bradley and Oldham (2020) take the used to protect, keep clean, to take on a role. (Thompson 2022). According to Bird, Litt, and Wang with severe connectivity issues during lockdown education, is generally looked down on by neo-liberal university 29(1), 309–341.
position that "[w]omen cannot give in to this concept of two By incorporating my to-do lists, the main (2004:199), invisible service work hampers promotion to name but a few. According to Wallace et al., quoted in management. According to Bowyer et al., "…academic Bradley, K.D. & Oldman, C. 2020. To publish or parent? The SoJo
separate worlds, which splinters the self" and propose a thing that helps me remember my many tasks and opportunities and "… faculty who devote considerable time Magoqwana et al. (2019), the burden of care work, whilst mothers suffer far more difficulties in their bid to juggle Journal: Educational Foundations and Social Justice Education.
reflective practice that prompts female academics to "claim expectations, I show there is little balance and separation to service work are likely to be penalised in their efforts to appreciated at a departmental level, is of little value or family and parenting commitments with a broad range of 6(1/2):57–67.
our entire personhood, professional and parent, if we are to between the home and the career. As a mother, you are achieve tenure and promotion" (Social Sciences Feminist worth regarding a neo-liberal university path to promotion academic work across teaching, research, and service Cardozo, K.M. 2017. Academic Labour: Who cares? Critical
seek freedom from feeling 'torn' between these spheres". everything to everyone and little to yourself. The aprons Network Research Interest Group 2017:231). (2019:7). Bowyer et al. add to this that "(t)he rapid transition compared to their male and non-parenting counterparts Sociology. 43(3):405–428.
In response to my own sense of feeling 'splintered' symbolise the roles and layers one has to assume as a This perspective of service work coincides to online learning, coupled with school shutdowns, created (2021: 311)." However, each humble little work on this Magoqwana. B., Maqabuka, Q. & Tshoaedi, M. 2019. “Forced to
and 'torn' between parental, personal and institutional parent, academic and person, leaving little to no space with a growing tendency to view teaching as a lesser, a double shift for many women whereby academic, plinth symbolises value, love and care in developing a Care” at the Neoliberal University: Invisible Labour as Academic Labour
measures of success, in an act that recognises both my for other pursuits. My numerous to-do lists from the past non-academic activity within neo-liberal institutions and family responsibilities increased and had to be met young mind. No one but myself and my daughter may Performed by Black Women Academics in the South African University.
personhood as a professional and a parent by repairing three years, during pre-pandemic, pandemic and post- internationally. Instead, these institutions are geared toward simultaneously. As teaching and service loads increased appreciate its value, but it represents precious time spent South African Review of Sociology. 50:3-4, 6-21.
the divide between these spheres of my identity, I created pandemic times, proved quite poignant and sobering. ratings, and promotion and professional recognition are exponentially alongside our caring roles, it was very much together. Social Sciences Feminist Network Research Interest Group. 2017.
a series of three densely designed aprons and a table The lists encapsulated, along with parenting from home, skewed toward the output of academic papers and the research elements of our careers that suffered" (2021: As Bradley and Oldham also conclude, I have to Humboldt Journal of Social Relations. 39:228-245.
cloth from accumulated to-do lists and sketches by myself a long list of so-called 'invisible work' such as portfolio patents (Cardozo 2017:406). Monroe and Chiu (2015: 331). I created a tablecloth and aprons from my lists continue facing my many roles with "…the knowledge Thompson, K. 2022. Women do the most 'invisible work' at the
and my daughter taken from my notebooks from 2019 to reviews and marketing, service work such as mentoring 230), quoted in Bowyer et al., confirm that "…(w)ork or because of this experience to show that my (and many that work-life balance is a myth, gender inequities exist, office — and it's getting us nowhere. Huffpost Personal. https://www.
2022. These aprons are exhibited along with other relevant and supporting struggling first-generation students, positions once deemed powerful and high status become other colleagues) service and care work protected my child, and that the world of academia can change and needs huffpost.com/entry/invisible-work-women-office_n_624c4effe4b0d826
artefacts and a range of 'creative outputs' by myself and departmental housekeeping, extensive teaching hours devalued as women take on these roles. Service tends department and students but was invisible and taken for to change (2020: 92)." 6ab18824 . Last accessed 30 August, 2022.
my daughter. The work serves as a "reflective checklist" within an under-staffed department and dogged to be thought of as a female job, and service within the granted.

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