Scholars of the World, Unite! (A Report from Chile)

Abstract

This research stems from the diagnoses and complaints concerning the tendency to super-exploitation in Chile under the so-called academic capitalism. The purpose of it is to contribute to answering why, despite the uneasiness expressed in different university settings, the organization of the academic workforce in the country has not been significantly extended. The study triangulates data produced by the Higher Education Information Service (SIES), official organic documents of different associations, and media content circulated by the latter. Given the discussions on profession, stratification, precariousness, and academic organization globally, the results allow us to problematize critical trends for academics. In this regard, some guidelines for future studies and problematizations for the political-organic intervention in these spaces are proposed.