16/12/17, 12(39 PM Revisiting Ethics of Care in Academic Lives | Power and Relationships in Academia Economic and Political Weekly Page 1 of 7 http://www.epw.in/engage/article/revisiting-ethics-care-academic-lives Revisiting Ethics of Care in Academic Lives Revisiting Ethics of Care in Academic Lives There is a need to move beyond the understanding of sexual harassment a “codifiable” neat concept which, while needed to navigate the terrain of the le judicial in sexual harassment committees, is not enough to encapsulate problem everyday social relations in deeply gendered academic sites. Our academic world has been rocked by the question of sexual harassmen higher educational institutions. However, what has occupied many of somewhat more than the actual question of sexual harassment, is the moda through which the question has been posed. This refers to the list (contain names of alleged sexual harassers) which was publicised on Facebook, an corresponding statement in Kafila that expressed deep concern about particular modality. Following that, arguments over authority, credibi privilege, and generational divides have been quite polarising, thereby ei qualifying or disqualifying claims of how sexual harassment within acade spaces can be documented and made intelligible. While the statement in Ka seems to have read the list as disregarding and jeopardising the historie struggle and ongoing efforts to make legal and bureaucratic institut accountable, I read the statement as a caution against an easy interpellation [1] [ Niharika Banerjea Niharika Banerjea (/author/niharika-banerjea) (/author/niharika-banerjea) Niharika Banerjea (niharikab@aud.ac.in) teaches at the School of Liberal Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi. Vol. 52, Issue No. 50, 16 Dec, 2017 14 December 2017 (/engage) SPECIAL ARTICLES (HTTP://WWW.EPW.IN/SPECIAL- ARTICLES) REVIEW ISSUES (HTTP://WWW.EPW.IN/REVIEW- ISSUES) MONEY, BANKING, FINANCE (HTTP://WWW.EPW.IN/MONEY- BANKING-AND-FINANCE- 2017) BOOK REVIEWS (HTTP://WWW.EPW.IN/BOOK- REVIEWS) COMMENTARY (HTTP://WWW.EPW.IN/COMMENTARY) E D ( E D