tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post3746860963400756205..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Academic FreedomJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-42460107005814003872014-09-19T15:11:43.543-05:002014-09-19T15:11:43.543-05:00The link in this post is not working.
OT I think ...The link in this post is not working.<br /><br />OT I think you should post about Senate to the extent it is politic. Our old provost tried to engineer an administrative takeover of the senate, and now our new one is, albeit more subtly. I am interested to figure out whether this is a blueprint presented at conferences of college administrators, that they are all following, or what. (Process is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-42275265484698822532014-09-18T15:19:23.322-05:002014-09-18T15:19:23.322-05:00Clarissa -- Lawyers, Guns and Money is quite clear...Clarissa -- <a href="http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/?s=salaita&x=0&y=0" rel="nofollow">Lawyers, Guns and Money</a> is quite clear on this as well. Scott Lemieux has posted most frequently on the issue, but it's important to several others there too. They might be slightly more favorable to Salaita on the accusations than Jonathan is, but they're equally firm that that's Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-71927989584963688302014-09-18T11:39:02.079-05:002014-09-18T11:39:02.079-05:00The really important issue here is being drowned i...The really important issue here is being drowned in the endless parsing of Salaita's life, emotions, experiences, feelings, and social network participation. If even academics can't stick to discussing general principles and have to smother every issue in these irrelevant personal details, then things are really bad. And then we all wonder why electoral campaigns concentrate on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-70726032119324372962014-09-18T09:59:26.709-05:002014-09-18T09:59:26.709-05:00One of the things that is sometimes forgotten is t...One of the things that is sometimes forgotten is that the names of departments sometimes don't really capture the nature of the research and teaching it does. Maybe in a couple of years the AI department will be renamed as the final development of an intellectual shift of research focus within it. At that point it might be as devoted to the study of the Middle East as of the Americas. Or Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-58502169543490216142014-09-18T08:53:11.188-05:002014-09-18T08:53:11.188-05:00Here's another way to make the point. You don&...Here's another way to make the point. You don't know if someone is committed to academic freedom unless they believe in it for people with views opposed to their own. I believe in academic freedom, but am dismayed about what the case reveals about a field that I would like to see thriving. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-46178254731157201282014-09-18T08:24:18.198-05:002014-09-18T08:24:18.198-05:00Suppose you had a dept. of Caribbean studies. You...Suppose you had a dept. of Caribbean studies. You hire a specialist in Japan with a very superficial acquaintance with the ostensible "area" of the dept.. Well, you could justify it because of a theory of "insularity," pointing to historical parallels between Japan and Cuba. But I can imagine a dean questioning that also. There are very few American Indians with PhDs in Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-4026575901703502422014-09-18T06:11:09.288-05:002014-09-18T06:11:09.288-05:00I'm also firmly in category b. But I want to r...I'm also firmly in category b. But I want to repeat my concerns about forming an opinion about his tweets and apply them also to the original hiring decisions. I don't think it's because we are in category b that we shouldn't talk about these things but because we respect the governance structure of universities and follow a golden rule.<br /><br />Here's what I mean: If we Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.com