Leibowitz, Garraway and Farmer made a presentation based on their biographies and the relationship with their present academic professional work.

1. Values, Concerns and Identity
in Academic Development
ICED, Stockholm, 2014
Brenda Leibowitz
James Garraway
Jean Farmer

2. ' .... there was a great silence about
our political situations and struggles
... yet they are deeply part of the
relations that constitute us as
persons, teachers and researchers.
At the same time they constitute the
world as the historical process of
which our endeavours, and we
ourselves, happen to be part'.
(Lave, 2012: 158)

3. Research Design
Three of us wrote our stories according to three
periods:
1970 - 80s apartheid; youth
Post 1994 democracy; ngo/early professional
2010 neo-liberalism/late professional
Priscilla, Marcus and Joan
Themes emerged, based on conceptual
framework

4. Conceptual Framework
Interplay of structure, culture and agency
Reflexivity mediates agency and structure
Significance of concerns and commitments
(Margaret Archer)
Iterations, spiralling
Multiple determination
(Dave Elder-Vass)
Trajectories
Stances
(Ole Dreier)

5. Emerging Themes
• Reflexivity
• Sense of self
• Role of participation
• Constraints and enablements

6. We bring our past along
into the present either
consciously or
subconsciously,
unwillingly or
willingly.

7. Closing
• All that the stories do is to explicate how
having been in the struggle may make the
values base and make clearer the set of
assumptions we work with in AD.
• The implication of this is that it may be
beneficial for academic developers to
undertake introspective and retrospective
journeys, especially if they are in a position to
reflect on these in the company of others.