[Air-l] Academic traditions

[Suzana Sukovic]

We agree that we are all learners, that students may be experienced 
practitioners, and practitioners experienced researchers. An "early career 
researcher" may be a 20+ person out of school or 50+ who starts an academic 
career. Career paths aren't straight any more.

Academic traditions in the humanities and social sciences (to make it more 
manageable) aren't straight either, if they ever were. Someone asked a 
question about references to online sources and people mentioned a regular 
evaluation as a way to go. However, there are indications that referencing 
practices develop in a complex negotiation with tradition in some academic 
fields. At the same time, traditional academic genres are shifting to merge 
a line between academic-creative, visual-textual, rational-emotional, 
dramatically in some fields, slightly in others. Do you have examples for 
these and other shifts? What does Internet do to change academia and its 
traditions? There is a fair bit written on the topic, but I am interested 
in your perceptions. What is it in shifting traditions that affects you as 
an academic in your daily work?

Suzana


At 09:58 PM 18/05/2007, you wrote:
Jeremy Hunsinger
>I would also note that many members of this list are not either a
>professor or ph.d. student.  We have many professionals and
>practitioners.
>
>In regards to the issues of the 'imposter syndrome' in academia.
>Which I've known people to express all the way through their
>careers.  I know full professors who still don't think they 'belong',
>'know what they are supposed to', and/or feel  like an imposter.

Suzana