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On Not Leaving Academia, But Standing Outside It

On Not Leaving Academia, But Standing Outside It

They are a mode of academic conversation – a practice of exchanging ideas and reflections – but they enjoy the benefit of being unbounded by the constraints of the academic journal article.

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On Scholarly Algorithms, Arguments, and Objectivity

On Scholarly Algorithms, Arguments, and Objectivity

Upon examining his critique, it was decided to be sufficiently important that Newton be sent a copy immediately - publication of Hooke’s work, however, was to be delayed.

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On The Inability to Let Go of The Scholar

On The Inability to Let Go of The Scholar

For was it not academia that had given me the space-time to pursue my scholarly becoming? Academia had given me the opportunity to make this transformation happen.

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On Academic Pain, Pleasure and Strong FOKs

On Academic Pain, Pleasure and Strong FOKs

The para-academic works for and with others to sustain the very simple (but somehow now very rebellious) idea that thinking and learning are worthy activities with multiple values beyond the scope of any capital-driven market, and which exceed quantification in economic terms.

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On Breaking Up With Academia

On Breaking Up With Academia

One that once claimed to ‘pursue and venerate knowledge and learning as a manifestation of faith in what it means to be a human being.’

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Make Academia Great Again

Make Academia Great Again

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.

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The Tech-bro-ification of Research

The Tech-bro-ification of Research

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?

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Cite Me, Like Me, Follow Me

Cite Me, Like Me, Follow Me

“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."

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On Postplagiarism, Diamond OA, and Rigour

On Postplagiarism, Diamond OA, and Rigour

Will academics, especially early career researchers, be willing to publish in these journals; will universities recognise these outputs?

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The Tyranny Of Written Knowledge

The Tyranny Of Written Knowledge

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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On Critique, Rude Writing Notes, and Letters

On Critique, Rude Writing Notes, and Letters

The Early Intellectuals' Social Network

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Self-funding by Failing Upwards

Self-funding by Failing Upwards

Scientific education that trains thinkers to stay in their grooves tends to reproduce narrow, uncritical ways of knowing.

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