Practise what you preach
Engaging in humanities research through critical praxis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12602007 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janneke Adema (0000-0001-7681-8448, Coventry University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 491-505 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1367-8779 • E-ISSN: 1460-356X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1367877912474559 |
| OpenAlex | W2115301135 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 20 |
This article explores how a cultural studies perspective can be used to critically analyse practices of conducting research within the (digital) humanities. It uses, among others, the example of the author’s PhD dissertation currently in process, which is set up as a theoretical and practical intervention into existing discourses surrounding the dominant form of formal communication within the humanities: the scholarly monograph. A methodology of critical praxis is seen as an integral part of the research project as well as an important step in developing academic or research literacy through actively engaging in the production of communicative norms and practices. Envisioning the book as a site of struggle over new forms and systems of communication within academia, the dissertation argues for alternative ways of thinking of and performing the monograph in an experimental manner. By making use of digital platforms, tools and media to share, remix and update the research as it evolves, the aim is to develop a digital, open and collaborative research practice. This will offer a practical critique of the dominant structures, politics and practices of producing and distributing research results. This article thus argues for the empowering potential of critically analysing and actively engaging with the dominant norms underlying communication in the humanities as well as with the structures that determine academic literacy and the established and accepted practices herein. By arguing for a potential new future for the book within scholarly communication as an emergent and evolving form, based on accessibility, sharing, process and change, this article makes a case for new ways of engaging a critical praxis that is more speculatory, open-ended and experimental
Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Humanities · Political science · Politics · Praxis · Publishing · Scholarly communication · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Engineering · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Social Media and Politics
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Digging into data using new collaborative infrastructures supporting humanities-based computer science research
Performing Scholarly Communication
Acknowledged Goods
Foucault 2.0
Toward Critical Media Literacy
Free Labor
Cultural studies as praxis
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |