The aim of examining the finer textures of your individual curiosity is not to categorize it, but to feel, to notice, how it shapes your scholarly life.
And with them, what cultural and ideological imports are we quietly welcoming into how we conduct our research, how we produce knowledge, and how we relate to knowledge itself?
“The attention a scientist’s work gains from the public now plays into its perceived value. Scientists list media exposure counts on résumés, and many PhD theses now include the number of times a candidate’s work has appeared in the popular science press."
Will academics, especially early career researchers, be willing to publish in these journals; will universities recognise these outputs?
With the ever-growing emphasis on communicating knowledge through written publications, we are increasingly experiencing a transactional relationship with knowledge: one that prioritises storage, circulation, and standardisation.
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Scientific education that trains thinkers to stay in their grooves tends to reproduce narrow, uncritical ways of knowing.
We produce and discard knowledge like the way clothes get produced, consumed, and discarded in fast fashion.
If we no longer believe in the character of the scientist, then the knowledge they produce loses its public legitimacy.
And a stylish essay for the thinkers who write.
And trusting that curiosity will lead somewhere meaningful.
The world as it could be: curious, bold, interconnected. And the obstacles standing in the way.
