Can't publish and be damned
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12930705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Miller (0000-0001-6554-9174, University College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 1970-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology Matters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1758-6453 • E-ISSN: 1758-6453 |
| Publisher | NomadIT (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.22582/am.v7i2.81 |
| OpenAlex | W1629025347 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
A premise of academic anthropology is that we work within a structure that enables the best anthropologists producing the most scholarly and important research to make that work available to the community of anthropologists. We can therefore assume that published academic research exists to a degree commensurate with its quality. This premise is false. I believe it remains slightly more true of academic publishing in the UK than in some other countries, for example the US, but it is still false. The reason is that the forces and interests that represent the structures of publishing do not exist for the sole purpose of fulfilling this premise of academic authority. They have other interests and agendas that may not coincide with that ideal. And yet we continue to work as though there was no such discrepancy between theory and practice. This self-delusion has become increasingly problematic
Epistemology · Ideal (ethics · Political science · Premise · Public relations · Publication · Publishing · Quality (philosophy · Sociology · Work (physics · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Engineering · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |