The Wall of Rejection Writ Large: A Creative-Relational Inquiry Into the Affective Futurity of Academic Slow Death

Dave Yan, Nick Hopwood, Faculty of Education, Monash University, University of Technology Sydney, University of Stellenbosch, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies

Published online on April 08, 2026

Abstract

Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies, Ahead of Print.
Grounded in affective futurity, this article examines the often-invisible forms of rejection that shape the ordinary body. In this light, rejection becomes a form of academic slow death, prompting some to imagine no futures for their lives within the ...