Social Construction of Academy, Classities and Social Prospects: The Case of Bayburt University

This article aims to explore the sociological rhythms of our academic world and tounderstand the dynamics of our academic culture. In this context, in-depth interviews wereconducted with 30 academics from Bayburt University academic staff and data from aqualitative study was collected. In the conceptual framework of the study, the analysis ofcommentators such as Bourdieu, Freire and Apple who developed a theoretical approach tothe educational problem was used. The study aims to describe our academic reality with aninsider's view of the professional practices of academics, the processes of cognitive andemotional construction in the periods before academia, and the world of meaning that actorsattribute to the profession of academia. In the study, the reflections of our university structureon micro-worlds were tried to be portrayed with their authentic integrity and banality/as it isthrough the eyes of academic failure. The contribution of the study to the literature is toidentify the problem areas of our academic reality at both the structure and level of activityand to start a discussion within the framework of solution proposals.