[Air-L] AoIR in Second Life - Scholar vs. researcher

[Denise N. Rall]

Thanks Marj.

Interesting take on the stubject from your Uni. The way I put it was quite the other way around, that one could easily be an internet researcher without undertaking scholastic duties. Further, scholasticism involves three prongs: teaching, research and service to the Academy. See Clark (1980; 1987, and further Clark, B. R. (1995). Places of inquiry: Research and advanced education in modern universities. Berkeley, University of California Press. 

Tony Becher would also disagree with your Uni's definition of scholar as not doing research:

Becher, T. and P. R. Trowler (2001). Academic tribes and territories: Intellectual enquiry and the cultures of disciplines. Buckingham, UK, SRHE and Open University Press.

But I did have in the thesis a definition for internet studies that actually combines scholarship and research into one package:

Here is my definition for internet studies: 

Internet studies and research, as it develops within programs of study or research projects at universities, research centers or institutes, is elaborated by scholars who work across disciplines and take the internet, its use and users as their locus/focus of study and research (Rall, 2003/2004).

Ok, enough about scholasticism which is at the best of times a dry and boring subject! Cheers, Denise

Denise N. Rall, PhD. Special Projects, Faculty of Arts & Science,  Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA 
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