Open a new academic world with "rebellion research"

In May, the Dutch Borui Academic Press published Pamela Burnard at the University of Cambridge University of Cambridge and Elizabeth MackinLay at Elizabeth MackinLay, a professor of research professor of higher education research at the University of Australia. Waiting for the new book "Research on Rebellion in the Academic World". On June 6, the new book conference was held online.

In the academic world, research and learning, as a specific type of knowledge and truth, are fundamental changes in cooperative production and common expression. In this book, social scientists, critical theorists, visual artists, etc. from Europe, Africa, North America, Oceania, etc. have proposed new concepts, new theories, and new writing methods, and explore the academic research "products" and "products" and in the future. "show". The book calls on scholars and higher education workers to fundamentally get rid of traditional academic production and creative practice, and start "rebellious research".

Bernard and others inspected how creative writing, poetry, music, dance, podcasting, and even circus art and magic as scientific communication tools and research tools. They suggested that the academic community needs to break the concept of "orthodox" such as "scientific research output should be published in articles published in academic journals", combined with other forces outside the academic community to jointly respond to various challenges facing the current world. Although colleges and universities often hang "interdisciplinary research" to their mouths, many scholars are still closed in their own small world and rarely cooperate with colleagues and colleagues. Of course, this is often a conventional rather than personal will, and many scholars continue to be under the pressure of publishing articles in professional journals. "Universities should benefit everyone, but most of their scientific outputs are complicated and deep enough to have the ability to read and understand, which is unreasonable. If we want to use academic research to cope with major challenges of today's society, we must be confident The constraints of traditional academic production are even more dare to bear risks. "Bernard said.

The book highlights the significance of art in academic research through a large number of cases around the world. Art provides a unique way of expression to help non -professional scholars better understand academic thoughts. Art can also be used as part of the research process, helping scholars feel and experience their research as a creative and attractive thing, and then generate different perspectives from the past. For example, the "completely out of academic writing" project of the School of Education of the University of Queensland, Australia, requires students to summarize their own papers as a conscious text of 100 English words, so that the article makes the article more "humanized" and focuses on the real goals. Then re -connect with the initial research motivation.

For another example, the School of Magic and Science has launched the "Cross -disciplinary Magic Performance" project to introduce theoretical and practical in many fields such as engineering, chemistry, electronics, physiology, psychology, and performing arts to the audience. Magic intends to stimulate the audience's curiosity and create a sense of surprise, and the skills used can be used to learn from scientific writing. Compared with the "cold" data and conclusions in scientific articles, presented a study in a way of revealing a secret can attract a wider range of audiences. Bernard said she can expect that this rebellious new book will be criticized by some scholars. "Our views are challenging, but this is what scholars should do. One thing worth celebrating. "

Source: China Social Science Network-Journal of Social Sciences of China

Author: Wang Youran/Compilation

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