Understanding the “Grievance Studies Affair” Papers and Why They Should Be Reinstated

A Response to Geoff Cole

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11610734
AutoresHelen Pluckrose (Counterweight Support Limited, Epping, Essex, United Kingdom, autor de correspondencia), James Lindsay (New Discourses, Orlando, FL, USA), Peter Boghossian (Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA)
Año2021
Volumen50
Número4
Páginas1916-1936
Fecha de publicación2021-05-11
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociological Methods & Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0049-1241 • E-ISSN: 1552-8294
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00491241211009946
OpenAlexW3162695229
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas17

In April, 2020, Dr. Geoff Cole published, “Why the ‘Hoax’ Paper of Baldwin (2018) Should Be Reinstated.” We are the authors of the “Baldwin” paper published in Fat Studies. The paper satirized theoretical ideas within Fat Studies as part of a larger project to demonstrate the lack of rigor in certain theoretical approaches to cultural studies. In this response, we agree with Cole that our project should not be understood as hoaxes and that the retracted article should be reinstated, but defend our methods

Alternative medicine · Grievance · Hoax · Political science · Sociology · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Medicine · Psychology