> >Marcus Power's comments crystallised something which has been nagging
> >at me for some time. A number of recent disclosers seem to be unduly
> >anxious about the whole process. Somehow it is seen to be a rite of
> >passage, a declaration of interests and a statement of identity which
> >breed self-doubt. Who am I, what will others think of me and my work.
> >
> >Surely the disclosure process should not operate like this. It seems
> >to have become elevated into a terrible kind of hurdle which people
> >have to steel themselves to jump...with a consequent fear of failure.
> >If this is what the disclosure process has inadvertently become I
> >think the whole thing should be dropped or people should just give a
> >very brief factual statement of their interest(s), research and
> >insitutional base. It should not be seen as something judgemental or
> >some kind of pressure to conform to a pre-ordained model.
> >
> >There are enough sources of anxiety in the current academic world for
> >young researchers (ie the RAE, tenure, publications pressure) without
> >adding another. This is no reflection on you, Marcus. Your email just
> >prompted what I have been thinking of writing for a while anyway.
> >
> >I have not bothered to 'disclose' (a term which I deeply dislike) but
> >I did consider sending in a spoof containing a mixture of interests
> >ranging from fox-hunting, breakdancing, the body, factor analysis and
> >radical political economy.
> >
> >Critical geographers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but
> >your fear of disclosure.
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> >chris hamnett
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> >
> >
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