D Mills
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 11504 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | D Mills |
| NOMBRES | D |
| APELLIDO | Mills |
| FIRMA | MILLS D |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2573-1171 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 24 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 82 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1970 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
The Extraversion of African Academic Journals
Since the 1990s, donors and multinational publishers have entrenched an extraverted academic publishing economy across Africa. Postcolonial optimism around independent African publishing was extinguished by two decades of structural adjustment, austerity, and higher education cuts. Then came the so-called “book famine.” Recognising the severity of the crisis, the International African Institute sought donor funding to support endogenous African j…
One index, two publishers and the global research economy
The emergence of a global science system after the second world war was spurred by transformations in academic publishing and information science. Amidst Russian-American technological rivalries, funding for science expanded rapidly. Elsevier and Pergamon internationalised journal publishing, whilst tools such as the Science Citation Index changed the way research was measured and valued. This paper traces the connections between the post-war exp…
Publish and still perish? Learning to make the ‘right’ publishing choices in the Ghanaian academy
Publication in ‘reputable’, peer-reviewed and indexed journals has become a key requirement for promotion and career advancement in African universities. There is little research into how bibliometric measures of journal reputation are shaping the publishing strategies and practices of Africa-based researchers. This study, drawing on 43 in-depth interviews, explored the publishing choices, tactics and discourses of early-career academics at two d…
Regional disparities in Web of Science and Scopus journal coverage
Any data will do
Scholarly Publishing, Boundary Processes, and the Problem of Fake Peer Reviews
Over the past decade, the phenomenon of "fake" peer reviews has caused growing consternation among scholarly publishers. Yet despite the significant behind-the-scenes impact that anxieties about fakery have had on peer review processes within scholarly journals, the phenomenon itself has been subject to little scholarly analysis. Rather than treating fake reviews as a straightforward descriptive category, in this article, we explore how the disco…
National propensities
Democratising Monograph Publishing or Preying on Researchers? Scholarly Recognition and Global ‘Credibility Economies’
As the global university sector continues to expand, ever more academic work is being published, including growing numbers of academic monographs. Digital technologies open up opportunities for publishers to reach new academic communities. Drawing on interviews with authors and publishers, case-studies of two companies - Lambert Academic Publishing (Lambert) and Cambridge Scholars Publishing (CSP) - interrogate their inclusive, author-centred vis…
Fake” Journals and the Fragility of Authenticity
This article explores the contested politics of academic authenticity within the African research ecosystem, with particular reference to Nigeria. We show how a fear of "fake" journals is cultivated amongst African academics, with international journal citation indexes being used to adjudicate the credibility of African journals and publishers. The article juxtaposes an ethnographic vignette of a major publisher's training webinar with detailed c…
Why Anthropology Matters matters
There are probably two sorts of academics: those who stand by everything they write, and those who wish they could. Being one of the latter, this exercise in collective remembering brings up long-repressed anxieties. Did we really give our seminar that title? Did anthropology need all those acronyms? Did we do enough to change SOAS? But it also highlights quite what was achieved, with a little money and a lot of determination A few things stand o…
The epistemic politics of ‘academography’
This paper investigates the epistemic politics at work in radically contrasting academic representations of African university futures. Euro-American policy entrepreneurs and research funders call for major investments in Africa’s scientific research training capacity to strengthen the continent’s integration into a global knowledge system. Meanwhile, African social scientists and humanities scholars critique the epistemological hegemony of ‘West…
After method? Ethnography in the knowledge economy
In this article we argue that the knowledge economy is reshaping anthropological research and popular understandings of ethnography. Interviews with British social anthropologists working in, and outside, academia provide insights into how the practices and meanings of ethnography are being reworked. UK policy expectations that research (and its impact) can be measured, monitored and accounted for in monetary terms place particular demands on qua…
Internationalisation' and the Social Sciences
We hear ever more about the internationalisation of higher education. As U.K. universities become increasingly exposed to the vagaries of international student demand, administrators are scrambling to develop ‘internationalisation’ strategies, whilst academics are being encouraged to incorporate ‘international perspectives’ into their curricula. Even the U.K.’s Centre for Learning and Teaching Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP) has a st…
Public Health, Environment and Surveying
The object of this article is to draw the attention of public health historians to the importance of plans produced by engineers for Victorian sewerage schemes. These plans assist in the understanding of the complex and rapidly changing technical aspects of the subject. The topographical information displayed is valuable in the analysis of the problems facing contemporaries. The article includes simple explanations of engineering and cartographic…
Anthropology and the Educational ‘Trading Zone’
This article suggests that the notion of an educational ‘trading zone’ is an analytically helpful way of describing a space in which ideas about learning and teaching are shared within and between disciplines. Drawing on our knowledge of anthropology and the Humanities, we suggest three possible reasons for the limited development of such zones within academia in the UK and US. The first is the relatively low status of education as a discipline, …
The 'new' African higher education
Journal Article The ‘new’ African higher education? Get access David Mills David Mills David Mills is a lecturer at the University of Birmingham, and Anthropology co-ordinator in the Centre for learning and teaching Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP), part of the Higher Education Academy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 103, Issue 413, October 2004, Pages 667–675, https://d…
Signifying God
1University of Liverpool Signifying God: Social Relation and Symbolic Action in the York Corpus Christi Plays SarahBeckwith Chicago/LondonU. of Chicago P. 2001xviii + 294£22.50
Drama, Play, and Game
1University of Liverpool Drama, Play, and Game: English Festive Culture in the Medieval and Early Modern Period Lawrence M.Clopper Chicago/LondonU. of Chicago P. 2001384$45
British Anthropology at the End of Empire
Cet article étudie l'histoire du tout premier exemple de financement des sciences sociales par le gouvernement britannique à travers le Colonial Social Science Research Council (CSSRC) de 1944 à 1962, ainsi que ses implications sur l'évolution de l'anthropologie sociale. Selon l'auteur, l'une des conséquences inattendues des largesses du Conseil a été la consolidation de l'anthropologie sociale au sein du monde universitaire en Grande-Bretagne. B…
That Beijing Thing
How does the representation of gender in the transnational 'gender and development' discourse shape lived social relationships? This article draws on research carried out in Kampala, capital of Uganda, a site of extensive development initiatives over the last 15 years. Analysing the way gender is discussed within the local print media and in a series of interviews and focus groups, the article shows how Ugandans interpret the 'gender and developm…
T&S spring issue cover disappoints - Letters
Presents letters sent to the editor regarding previous articles from this publication or other relevant topics of discussion
The University in scaffolding... or ‘What do we do with benchmarks’
The University in scaffolding or 'What do we
Globalising Rights? A response to the issues raised by Jackie Nabwire
Teaching Rites of Passage
British Anthropology at the End of Empire
Cet article étudie l'histoire du tout premier exemple de financement des sciences sociales par le gouvernement britannique à travers le Colonial Social Science Research Council (CSSRC) de 1944 à 1962, ainsi que ses implications sur l'évolution de l'anthropologie sociale. Selon l'auteur, l'une des conséquences inattendues des largesses du Conseil a été la consolidation de l'anthropologie sociale au sein du monde universitaire en Grande-Bretagne. B…
After method? Ethnography in the knowledge economy
In this article we argue that the knowledge economy is reshaping anthropological research and popular understandings of ethnography. Interviews with British social anthropologists working in, and outside, academia provide insights into how the practices and meanings of ethnography are being reworked. UK policy expectations that research (and its impact) can be measured, monitored and accounted for in monetary terms place particular demands on qua…
That Beijing Thing
How does the representation of gender in the transnational 'gender and development' discourse shape lived social relationships? This article draws on research carried out in Kampala, capital of Uganda, a site of extensive development initiatives over the last 15 years. Analysing the way gender is discussed within the local print media and in a series of interviews and focus groups, the article shows how Ugandans interpret the 'gender and developm…
Anthropology and the Educational ‘Trading Zone’
This article suggests that the notion of an educational ‘trading zone’ is an analytically helpful way of describing a space in which ideas about learning and teaching are shared within and between disciplines. Drawing on our knowledge of anthropology and the Humanities, we suggest three possible reasons for the limited development of such zones within academia in the UK and US. The first is the relatively low status of education as a discipline, …
Fake” Journals and the Fragility of Authenticity
This article explores the contested politics of academic authenticity within the African research ecosystem, with particular reference to Nigeria. We show how a fear of "fake" journals is cultivated amongst African academics, with international journal citation indexes being used to adjudicate the credibility of African journals and publishers. The article juxtaposes an ethnographic vignette of a major publisher's training webinar with detailed c…
Scholarly Publishing, Boundary Processes, and the Problem of Fake Peer Reviews
Over the past decade, the phenomenon of "fake" peer reviews has caused growing consternation among scholarly publishers. Yet despite the significant behind-the-scenes impact that anxieties about fakery have had on peer review processes within scholarly journals, the phenomenon itself has been subject to little scholarly analysis. Rather than treating fake reviews as a straightforward descriptive category, in this article, we explore how the disco…
The epistemic politics of ‘academography’
This paper investigates the epistemic politics at work in radically contrasting academic representations of African university futures. Euro-American policy entrepreneurs and research funders call for major investments in Africa’s scientific research training capacity to strengthen the continent’s integration into a global knowledge system. Meanwhile, African social scientists and humanities scholars critique the epistemological hegemony of ‘West…
Democratising Monograph Publishing or Preying on Researchers? Scholarly Recognition and Global ‘Credibility Economies’
As the global university sector continues to expand, ever more academic work is being published, including growing numbers of academic monographs. Digital technologies open up opportunities for publishers to reach new academic communities. Drawing on interviews with authors and publishers, case-studies of two companies - Lambert Academic Publishing (Lambert) and Cambridge Scholars Publishing (CSP) - interrogate their inclusive, author-centred vis…
The 'new' African higher education
Journal Article The ‘new’ African higher education? Get access David Mills David Mills David Mills is a lecturer at the University of Birmingham, and Anthropology co-ordinator in the Centre for learning and teaching Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP), part of the Higher Education Academy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 103, Issue 413, October 2004, Pages 667–675, https://d…
Globalising Rights? A response to the issues raised by Jackie Nabwire
The University in scaffolding... or ‘What do we do with benchmarks’
The University in scaffolding or 'What do we
Globalising Rights? A response to the issues raised by Jackie Nabwire
Teaching Rites of Passage
T&S spring issue cover disappoints - Letters
Presents letters sent to the editor regarding previous articles from this publication or other relevant topics of discussion
British Anthropology at the End of Empire
Cet article étudie l'histoire du tout premier exemple de financement des sciences sociales par le gouvernement britannique à travers le Colonial Social Science Research Council (CSSRC) de 1944 à 1962, ainsi que ses implications sur l'évolution de l'anthropologie sociale. Selon l'auteur, l'une des conséquences inattendues des largesses du Conseil a été la consolidation de l'anthropologie sociale au sein du monde universitaire en Grande-Bretagne. B…
That Beijing Thing
How does the representation of gender in the transnational 'gender and development' discourse shape lived social relationships? This article draws on research carried out in Kampala, capital of Uganda, a site of extensive development initiatives over the last 15 years. Analysing the way gender is discussed within the local print media and in a series of interviews and focus groups, the article shows how Ugandans interpret the 'gender and developm…
Signifying God
1University of Liverpool Signifying God: Social Relation and Symbolic Action in the York Corpus Christi Plays SarahBeckwith Chicago/LondonU. of Chicago P. 2001xviii + 294£22.50
Drama, Play, and Game
1University of Liverpool Drama, Play, and Game: English Festive Culture in the Medieval and Early Modern Period Lawrence M.Clopper Chicago/LondonU. of Chicago P. 2001384$45
The 'new' African higher education
Journal Article The ‘new’ African higher education? Get access David Mills David Mills David Mills is a lecturer at the University of Birmingham, and Anthropology co-ordinator in the Centre for learning and teaching Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP), part of the Higher Education Academy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 103, Issue 413, October 2004, Pages 667–675, https://d…
Anthropology and the Educational ‘Trading Zone’
This article suggests that the notion of an educational ‘trading zone’ is an analytically helpful way of describing a space in which ideas about learning and teaching are shared within and between disciplines. Drawing on our knowledge of anthropology and the Humanities, we suggest three possible reasons for the limited development of such zones within academia in the UK and US. The first is the relatively low status of education as a discipline, …
Internationalisation' and the Social Sciences
We hear ever more about the internationalisation of higher education. As U.K. universities become increasingly exposed to the vagaries of international student demand, administrators are scrambling to develop ‘internationalisation’ strategies, whilst academics are being encouraged to incorporate ‘international perspectives’ into their curricula. Even the U.K.’s Centre for Learning and Teaching Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP) has a st…
Public Health, Environment and Surveying
The object of this article is to draw the attention of public health historians to the importance of plans produced by engineers for Victorian sewerage schemes. These plans assist in the understanding of the complex and rapidly changing technical aspects of the subject. The topographical information displayed is valuable in the analysis of the problems facing contemporaries. The article includes simple explanations of engineering and cartographic…
After method? Ethnography in the knowledge economy
In this article we argue that the knowledge economy is reshaping anthropological research and popular understandings of ethnography. Interviews with British social anthropologists working in, and outside, academia provide insights into how the practices and meanings of ethnography are being reworked. UK policy expectations that research (and its impact) can be measured, monitored and accounted for in monetary terms place particular demands on qua…
Why Anthropology Matters matters
There are probably two sorts of academics: those who stand by everything they write, and those who wish they could. Being one of the latter, this exercise in collective remembering brings up long-repressed anxieties. Did we really give our seminar that title? Did anthropology need all those acronyms? Did we do enough to change SOAS? But it also highlights quite what was achieved, with a little money and a lot of determination A few things stand o…
The epistemic politics of ‘academography’
This paper investigates the epistemic politics at work in radically contrasting academic representations of African university futures. Euro-American policy entrepreneurs and research funders call for major investments in Africa’s scientific research training capacity to strengthen the continent’s integration into a global knowledge system. Meanwhile, African social scientists and humanities scholars critique the epistemological hegemony of ‘West…
National propensities
Democratising Monograph Publishing or Preying on Researchers? Scholarly Recognition and Global ‘Credibility Economies’
As the global university sector continues to expand, ever more academic work is being published, including growing numbers of academic monographs. Digital technologies open up opportunities for publishers to reach new academic communities. Drawing on interviews with authors and publishers, case-studies of two companies - Lambert Academic Publishing (Lambert) and Cambridge Scholars Publishing (CSP) - interrogate their inclusive, author-centred vis…
Fake” Journals and the Fragility of Authenticity
This article explores the contested politics of academic authenticity within the African research ecosystem, with particular reference to Nigeria. We show how a fear of "fake" journals is cultivated amongst African academics, with international journal citation indexes being used to adjudicate the credibility of African journals and publishers. The article juxtaposes an ethnographic vignette of a major publisher's training webinar with detailed c…
Scholarly Publishing, Boundary Processes, and the Problem of Fake Peer Reviews
Over the past decade, the phenomenon of "fake" peer reviews has caused growing consternation among scholarly publishers. Yet despite the significant behind-the-scenes impact that anxieties about fakery have had on peer review processes within scholarly journals, the phenomenon itself has been subject to little scholarly analysis. Rather than treating fake reviews as a straightforward descriptive category, in this article, we explore how the disco…
Any data will do
Publish and still perish? Learning to make the ‘right’ publishing choices in the Ghanaian academy
Publication in ‘reputable’, peer-reviewed and indexed journals has become a key requirement for promotion and career advancement in African universities. There is little research into how bibliometric measures of journal reputation are shaping the publishing strategies and practices of Africa-based researchers. This study, drawing on 43 in-depth interviews, explored the publishing choices, tactics and discourses of early-career academics at two d…
Regional disparities in Web of Science and Scopus journal coverage
One index, two publishers and the global research economy
The emergence of a global science system after the second world war was spurred by transformations in academic publishing and information science. Amidst Russian-American technological rivalries, funding for science expanded rapidly. Elsevier and Pergamon internationalised journal publishing, whilst tools such as the Science Citation Index changed the way research was measured and valued. This paper traces the connections between the post-war exp…
The Extraversion of African Academic Journals
Since the 1990s, donors and multinational publishers have entrenched an extraverted academic publishing economy across Africa. Postcolonial optimism around independent African publishing was extinguished by two decades of structural adjustment, austerity, and higher education cuts. Then came the so-called “book famine.” Recognising the severity of the crisis, the International African Institute sought donor funding to support endogenous African j…
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