It's really a shame just how many anti-capitalists are out there spending their time and their voice trying to predict just how soon #capitalism will fail. It's already failed! I am more anti-capitalist than most, but I do not see capitalism going anywhere anytime soon. There is nothing wrong with being a realist.
I come across so many articles online where the pipe dreams of anti-capitalists are really no different than all the tone deaf articles that #capitalism will save the world. There is so much bad writing online. It is my belief that is why #academics need to worry less about publications and see blogging as a public service.
All that would definitely be bad – cynical, self-sabotaging, philistine. But there’s another possibility that is worse: that culture wars aren’t being fought to destroy the humanities – rather that humanities are being destroyed because they’re incredibly inconvenient to authoritarianism
"When you embark on an education that cannot obviously be commodified, that doesn’t translate into earnings, it is a way of saying (and believing) that your mind’s value to society is innate. Politics is your business because you are its business. You are the keeper of ideas, historical memory, compassion, context, hope, that the market cannot understand and authoritarianism cannot stomach."
Fun question: If I am unaffiliated and I want to do a survey of people's experiences of the eclipse from a birding perspective, what do I do to pass IRB before thinking about publication, or do I just... skip that step?
#academia became a turd that you can't flush down the toilet and keeps farting toxic gasses all over the place. Worst still, "we" keep playing the game, pretending that everything is fine and cheerily announcing another publication in a meaningless rat race of factors.
Something worth circulating, particularly any of you who work in education.
The document contains details of initiatives to support Palestinian students, academics and universities.
At this point they can promote me or I'll start applying for jobs outside of research but that process was so ridiculous that I'm more than a little disillusioned with my field. I got some wonderful letters of support and they're much appreciated but why the hell is academia like this?
I enjoyed being an electricians apprentice, it was boring and didn't challenge me at all but it paid the bills. Maybe I should go back to that since my loans are paid off and four years from now my youngest kid will be out of highschool.
Or I could stick around and try to find a treatment that changes the progression of COPD. Either way man.
Bad weather- classes suck.
Good weather- classes suck.
56 F/13 C and overcast with mist but not actual rain - classes are great (but if you miss this window you’re screwed). #academia#academicchatter#academicmastodon
Grading an assignment for the course I'm teaching and reminded of a common thing I've seen before - most of the men are turning in like two sentences for a "project proposal" that requires 6 items, while the women are, on average, turning in 3 or 4 paragraphs of a well though-out and detailed proposal.
Like...how do sexist teachers not see plainly that many of their students who are women are just taking their work more seriously and doing better while a lot of men have been taught it's okay to phone it in? Men get favored so much in academia and people entertain the idea that women are less capable because of diversity policies, when they are working harder.
Also, this extends to almost all of my students who are BIPOC too, with them doing more than some of the white students. Like...the bigotry is so transparent in academia, blegh.
Root problem: Demand in research funding is much bigger than supply. Introducing: complicated grant application system to distribute funding.
20xx: Grant proposals are getting very complicated; writing bureaus are increasingly used to support researchers putting their ideas on paper in a way that increases their chances in winning the funding lottery. 1/x #Academia#Funding#LLM#ChatGPT
For every day I spend systematically answering e-mails, I leave dozens of books unread.
I already have an email policy in my syllabus, which says that I prefer to answer questions in class, since we see each other several days a week.
What other tips do you have that have worked for you?
Call for papers about "AI and Resilience" for a special issue of Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. This is an interdisciplinary call for a range of perspectives. Critical, humanistic, cultural, historical perspectives are all welcome => https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/62761/ai-and-resilience
Here's a cool #Job at the #University of #Glasgow. Applications close at 23:45 BST, 06/05/2024.
"The University of Glasgow is seeking to appoint a James Murray Beattie Lecturer in #Fantasy#Literature within the School of #CriticalStudies...
"...We welcome applicants with proven expertise in any area of Fantasy Literature, but are particularly interested in #Gender and #Sexuality and/or global #Anglophone#Writing..."
UC Santa Cruz alumni who work in tech are among the top earners in the industry according to new rankings from the Wall Street Journal and the Burning Glass Institute which have placed UCSC as the number 12 top public school for high-paying tech salaries!
IU faculty holding a no confidence vote after admin failed to support IU medical faculty against Indiana AG in abortion case, protect professors against MAGA legislators' attacks on academic freedom, and defend the Kinsey Institute from GOP politicians.
So my university is looking for researchers to act as "ambassadors" to do a bucket list of promotion activities for the university and its values (over two years).
In return you get "communication coaching" and "increased visibility".
Obviously no mention of any other form of compensation for your time. That sort of thing is likely reserved for the people elaborating the ambassadorship program 🙃. #Academia#AcademicVenting