this is a very naive imperialistic approach of trying to map world academia.
do you really think that scholars from developing countries will join?
many of them do not even speak english.
how many of your 5000 subscribers are american? 4999?
adacemia.edu is a project of american-imperialist academia.
best,
christian fuchs
David Zetland schrieb:
> Cool project.
>
> Do you have a genealogy feature built in?
>
> http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/
>
> David
>
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:19 AM, Dr Michael Tribe
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>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I'm a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, where I recently finished my Ph.D
>> on the philosophy of perception.
>>
>> With a team of people from Stanford University and Cambridge University,
>> I've launched a website, www.academia.edu, which does two things:
>>
>> - It shows researchers around the world in a 'tree' format, organized
>> according to which institution/department they are affiliated with.
>> - It enables academics to keep track of the latest news in their field -
>> the latest people, papers and talks.
>>
>> We are hoping that Academia.edu will eventually list every academic in the
>> world -- Faculty members, Post-Docs, and Graduate Students. People can add
>> their departments, and themselves, to the tree by clicking on the arrows.
>>
>> The site is getting some traction. Over 5,000 academics have joined
>> Academia.edu in the last two months. Some professors on the site include:
>>
>> - Richard Dawkins - http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardDawkins
>> - Stephen Hawking - http://cambridge.academia.edu/StephenHawking
>> - Paul Krugman - http://princeton.academia.edu/PaulKrugman
>> - Noam Chomsky - http://mit.academia.edu/NoamChomsky
>>
>> We're trying to spread the word about Academia.edu amongst academics. If you
>> have a moment, it would be great if you could visit the site, and add
>> yourself to your department on the tree. If your department/university is
>> not there, you can add it/them by clicking on the arrows coming out of the
>> department/university boxes.
>>
>> And do spread the word to your friends and colleagues if you can.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> Dr. Richard Price,
>> Prize Fellow,
>> All Souls College,
>> Oxford,
>> OX1 4AL
>>
>> http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardPrice
>>
>>
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