Early Access: Why is Academic Writing so Boring?
Added 2020-03-27 12:01:51 +0000 UTCHey all!
Something slightly different this time round. I thought I'd take a look at the debate surrounding academic writing styles, complexity and accessibility.
Hopefully it might spark some interesting debate!
And thanks again to everyone who joined in with the livestream on Wednesday, it was great fun and I'm definitely thinking of doing it again sometime.
Thanks as ever for your support!
Tom
Comments
I wonder if it's the "great men of history" tendency in our thinking also where we attribute major developments in thought or science or society to an individual almost in isolation rather than to the multitude of people and factors involved in significant shifts
Linnea
2020-03-31 17:00:04 +0000 UTCThank you, really glad you thought so! I definitely agree with you about the problems that come with simplifying a lot of nuances. Particularly, I think we have the tendency to present lots of theorists as having had "game-changing" insights whereas they're own work is slightly more cautious...
Tom Nicholas
2020-03-31 12:39:07 +0000 UTCThis is a great video! I have a feeling this could blow up in academic circles. I said this in my comment on the video too but I asked my prof for clarification on some statements in Frames of War and he didn't know either, we were stuck with a handful of different interpretations. I worry that exercises in simplifying academic jargon costs some nuance - I've grown old reading and disagreeing with other people's interpretations of Foucault because it's easier for universities to teach someone's summary than to teach the entirety of Discipline and Punish (can't blame them, it would be totally impractical!)
Linnea
2020-03-27 12:33:43 +0000 UTC
