Book chapter
Entangled Relationality in Doctoral Education: The Power of Life Histories and Time Mapping in Supervision
Shaping Doctoral Experiences: Nurturing the Relational, pp.61-82
Bloomsbury Publishing
2026
Abstract
In the twenty-first century, doctoral education has been captured within a performance culture that emphasizes timely thesis progression and completions over the importance of researcher identity (re)formation and intellectual growth (Manathunga, 2019). Under the conditions of ‘cybernetic capitalism’ (Peters, 2015), the doctorate has been reconceptualized as a neoliberal exercise in efficient project management where supervisors and candidates work through a linear process towards the production of theses (Zembylas, 2023). Instead, the experience of studying for a doctorate and supervising candidates is often a complex pedagogical activity, where research does not necessarily progress unproblematically and life events often intervene to impede steady progress. The huge gap in the ways doctoral education is represented and understood in policy documents and guidelines and the realities many candidates and supervisors experience often provokes unnecessary anxiety and stress for all (Mura & Wijesinghe, 2022). Rather than minimalizing the complexity of doctoral supervision, we argue it is imperative that policy makers, university leadership, supervisors and candidates be encouraged to grapple honestly with the inherent supervision complexities....
Details
- Title
- Entangled Relationality in Doctoral Education: The Power of Life Histories and Time Mapping in Supervision
- Authors
- Catherine Manathunga (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Education and Tertiary AccessJing Qi (Author) - RMIT UniversityMaria Raciti (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative IndustriesSue Stanton (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Indigenous and Transcultural Research CentreJiao Tuxworth (Mengjiao Wang) (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Indigenous and Transcultural Research CentreJohn Whop (Author) - Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary EducationKathryn Gilbey (Author) - Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
- Contributors
- Damien Lyons (Editor) - Swinburne University of TechnologyJane Southcott (Editor) - Monash UniversityKanwarjeet Singh (Editor) - Swinburne University of Technology
- Publication details
- Shaping Doctoral Experiences: Nurturing the Relational, pp.61-82
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Date published
- 2026
- DOI
- 10.5040/9798881899103.0008; 10.5040/9798881899103
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991207781402621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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