ABSTRACT

As researchers working within a neoliberalist academic regime propagated by discourses of responsibilisation, risk and prudentialism, we experienced a dilemma about whether to publicly present views expressed by research participants that critiqued the policy position of the government department that funded the research. Our dilemma was exacerbated because research funding is relatively difficult to attain for women academics. However, in recognising that rural women’s voices are often marginalised in rural policy formation, and to maintain our ethical responsibility to these participants, in this article we share these potentially contentious research findings and in doing so problematise neoliberal strictures that can erode individual researcher autonomy and that of universities as independent agents.

摘要

作为在责任化、风险和审慎主义话语所宣扬的新自由主义学术体制内工作的研究人员，我们面临着是否公开发表研究参与者表达的批评资助研究的政府部门政策立场的观点的困境。我们的困境加剧了，因为女性学者相对难以获得研究资金。然而，认识到农村妇女的声音在农村政策制定中经常被边缘化，并为了维护我们对这些参与者的道德责任，在本文中，我们分享了这些潜在有争议的研究结果，并在这样做的过程中解决了新自由主义的问题，这些限制可能会侵蚀个人研究人员的自主权和自主权。大学作为独立代理人。