Dear Colleagues,
Thank-you to everyone who voted in the poll. I have copied the result below and you can view the result here:
https://civs.cs.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_eb7cca135a737227
I would be happy to hear list members thoughts on the result and merits of the poll.
My interpretation of the result is that there is consensus among the voters that marginalization of women’s views and lack of tolerance of diverse views are the most important issues facing the PHD-Design list currently. However, the result for 3rd and 4th place might indicate that there is some disagreement in voters views of what constitutes reasonable discussion.
Voters were asked to rank order–from most to least important–what they consider to be the issues confronting the PHD-Design list currently?
Actual votes cast: 66
Result
1. Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices)
2. Lack of tolerance for a wide range of views in mailing list discussions loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 29–28
3. Continued dominance of the ‘scientific’ worldview in mailing list discussions loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 40–15, loses to Lack of tolerance for a wide range of views in mailing list discussions by 41–17
4. Harmful effects of careless reasoning on the quality of mailing list discussions loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 35–27, loses to Continued dominance of the ‘scientific’ worldview in mailing list discussions by 31–30
5. Insufficient discussion of supervision of PhD candidates and examination of theses. loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 37–22, loses to Harmful effects of careless reasoning on the quality of mailing list discussions by 32–27
6. Lack of discussion of practical issues of PhD candidature and examination loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 40–18, loses to Harmful effects of careless reasoning on the quality of mailing list discussions by 32–24
7. Insufficient attention to moral and political issues in mailing list discussions loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 40–15, loses to Lack of discussion of practical issues of PhD candidature and examination by 29–28
8. Lack of information on post-doctoral fellowships and academic job opportunities loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 41–19, loses to Insufficient attention to moral and political issues in mailing list discussions by 33–25
9. Capture of the PHD-Design mailing list by interest groups with political rather than scientific goals loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 39–18, loses to Lack of information on post-doctoral fellowships and academic job opportunities by 29–22
10. Excessive discussion of issues of sexism and argumentation style in PHD-Design list culture loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 40–17, loses to Capture of the PHD-Design mailing list by interest groups with political rather than scientific goals by 29–18
11. Excessive emphasis on issues of diversity in mailing list discussions loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 45–10, loses to Excessive discussion of issues of sexism and argumentation style in PHD-Design list culture by 28–13
12. Excessive posting of conference calls, jobs advertisements and self-promotion. loses to Marginalization of feminist, racial, and/or non-Western views in mailing list culture by 45–9, loses to Excessive emphasis on issues of diversity in mailing list discussions by 24–16
Best wishes,
Luke
Luke Feast, Ph.D. | Senior Lecturer | Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies | Auckland University of Technology | New Zealand | Email [log in to unmask]
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