Mentoring as a Distributed Practice of Care: A Conversation
The conversation that we perform seeks to foreground mentoring as a collegial and distributed practice of reciprocity, care, and support happening in the interstices of academia. We argue that mentoring in academia can be a distributed process by promoting a learning community of doctoral students w...
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| description | The conversation that we perform seeks to foreground mentoring as a collegial and distributed practice of reciprocity, care, and support happening in the interstices of academia. We argue that mentoring in academia can be a distributed process by promoting a learning community of doctoral students who participate in the research life and other department or research group activities. Promoting such learning communities also entails encouraging reciprocal kindness and care in any relationship, vertical or horizontal. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-36086d8283234703b841c095052b27682025-01-23T13:04:35ZengUniversity of BolognaSociologica1971-88532025-01-01183132010.6092/issn.1971-8853/2047018841Mentoring as a Distributed Practice of Care: A ConversationSilvia Gherardi0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7026-2418Michela Cozza1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6998-5034Laura Lucia Parolin2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7385-9797Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of TrentoDepartment of Organization and Management, Mälardalen UniversityDepartment of Culture and Language, University of Southern DenmarkThe conversation that we perform seeks to foreground mentoring as a collegial and distributed practice of reciprocity, care, and support happening in the interstices of academia. We argue that mentoring in academia can be a distributed process by promoting a learning community of doctoral students who participate in the research life and other department or research group activities. Promoting such learning communities also entails encouraging reciprocal kindness and care in any relationship, vertical or horizontal.https://sociologica.unibo.it/article/view/20470careacademic careersdistributed mentoringcommunity of practice |
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