Ideological contestation and disciplinary associations: an autoethnographic analysis

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Title:	Ideological contestation and disciplinary associations: an autoethnographic analysis
Author:	Tomaselli, Keyan G.
Year:	2016
Periodical:	Communicatio: South African journal for communication theory and research (ISSN 1753-5379)
Volume:	42
Issue:	2
Pages:	276-292
Language:	English
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	media and communication studies universities professional associations governance intellectual history political history
External link:	https://doi.org/10.1080/02500167.2016.1190390
Abstract:	An autoethnographic and self-reflexive theorised analysis of aspects of the South African Communication Association reveals that its internal tensions mimicked wider contradictions both during and after apartheid. The historical role played by the association is critically examined in relation to issues of governance and naming, and with regard to its shaping of the scholarly community in South Africa as it negotiated different paradigms, constituencies and historical-political-economic contexts. The analysis is embedded in a critique of neoliberalism and how this condition has impacted the management procedures of the association. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]