[Air-l] CFP: TIS issue on Internet Research

Frank Thomas frank.thomasftr at free.fr
Mon Oct 6 02:51:09 PDT 2003


Ben Anderson wrote:

>This got me thinking that maybe I should go and read Kuhn again. Or then
>again maybe these issues are all just academics (and related others) doing
>the usual territory marking?
>
>"Is it a discipline? Is it not? What is it?"
>
>At the end of the day, does it matter, and to whom? Who, apart from those
>'in it', really cares?
>
>Do you? If so, I'm curious to know why...
>
>Ben
>  
>
 From geography, a different discipline but with similar difficulties in 
delimiting its reach, I learned: "Geography is what a geographer does". 

I think the question of what Internet research is is relevant when it 
comes to budget,personnel, power struggles at universities, where you 
can apply for a grant, etc.

Dr. Frank Thomas
I have a doctorat in sciences as I did my 
historical-sociological-technological thesis in a social science 
institute and was as examined in a science faculty. Is this important 
for the quality of what I write? I hope, no.






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