A concern that remains primary for me is connecting academic and
scholarly research to application. -Kathryn
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Chris Rust <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> DJ Huppatz wrote:
>
>> Dear Gavin, Chris, Terry, Victor et al
>>
>> I get this sense of anxiety here over what consitutes research,
>>
> > Peer-reviewed or otherwise, particularly in the UK and Australia,
> > as so much research funding is allotted to universities from national
> governments.
>
>> Presumably government bureaucracies require an objective set of rules
>>
>
> That's all true but I don't think it has done too much harm as concepts of
> research and scholarship have been very pursued intensively in these
> countries and others with similar systems and I feel it has strengthened our
> academic life and encouraged innovation. We still have work to do to strike
> a balance between the traditional virtues of our professional disciplines
> and the new (to us) imperatives of the academy but I feel that we are making
> great progress.
>
>
>> A point of Victor's I also thought worth pursuing (it got lost
>>
> > a post back) was about writing "styles"
>
> I feel this is important. Our recent discussion about the use of first
> person revealed that whereas many serious scholars could see benefits in
> thoughtful use of first person, editors and referees often hew to the lowest
> common denominator and enforce the simplistic use of third person at all
> times.
>
> However it is also true that the very best scholars in all disciplines have
> usually mastered the art of writing for both popular and academic audiences
> and I'm not too worried that we end up sometimes with two different forms of
> publication. We write for an academic audience to establish the validity of
> our theories and that allows us the authority to write for other audiences
> in a more relaxed style that might leave out some of the evidence, arguments
> and caveats we need for our peers.
>
> Best wishes from Sheffield
> Chris
>
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