Abstract
Drawing on data from 40 semi-structured qualitative interviews with 40 kinesiologists working in an A&E Hospital in Chile, we explore career narratives and prospects amidst polycrises. We develop the idea of a necrocapitalist narrative of career as a response to polycrises. We draw on necropolitics (Mbembe, 2006; 2020) and Necrocapitalism (Banerjee, 2006, 2008) to help us to unpack careers as embedded in a context of contemporary capitalist practices shaped by polycrises. Data were analysed using narrative coding and followed individual and collective processes of interpretation conducted by both authors simultaneously and then discussed. Narratives were organised in two main domains: (1) Sense-making, articulation and narration of careers, and (2) Impact of context on career narratives. Based on the findings, we reflect on questions about career and agency, specifically, the extent to which professionals can take ownership of their careers or whether careers in the context of polycrisis show that professionals have limited strategies of confrontation against forms of capital accumulation, including careers.