In case you're wondering when #Watermyth is coming out, I'm wondering too. 😕
I'm barely keeping my head above water here. I'm doing all I can to ensure I avoid the exit policy owing to no grants and no publications. But I'm informed it's if it's three years in a row. So hopefully next year will be okay given how much submitting I'm doing right now. At least admin (both my centre and Faculty) are really sympathetic and supportive of me and my health condition/disability situation.
It's the hardcoded rules that are 🙃 -- they've completely mechanised and gamefied work evals. Which makes it hard to concentrate on bringing out my debut novel -- but I tell myself it also counts as a publication for the system. At 0.05 marks. 🙃
Fairy-tale scholarship always has me listening to Eddi Reader because her discography was my mainstay back during my M.A. days (my Angela Carter M.A. dissertation), so I've been listening to her album of Robbie Burns songs all week.
It seems like Mastodon is losing its mindshare to #Bluesky among many academics.
I can't help but think this has to do with the self-imposed limitations of Mastodon — lack of quotes, ordered timeline, etc. Makes it less interesting to use, for no real advantage.
Sad, because the underlying decentralization is much more robust.
@boud@tiago@LukasBrausch@academicchatter can chime in that Bluesky is feeling like a new home for #AcademicChatter, and the power of quote posts (primarily in adding your own flavour of support to add context to an existing post) is a huge benefit. This, more than anything, is what feels different to me about Bluesky vs Mastodon. I'm homebase Mastodon but I am enjoying Bluesky more each day.
Are you an academic researcher, PGR, or post-doc who is feeling overwhelmed and burnt out? Here are some tips (courtesy of the wall in my office) on how to improve your physical, mental, and social well-being!
Dr Karikó's case lays bare so many of the institutional, disciplinary, and social background inequities that many researchers (natural and social sciences) face.
The vast majority will never be duly recgonised like she, rightfully, finally has.
My ecofeminist stylistics article turned into an ecofeminist semiotics article and one of the journal's editors told me it still fell within its scope so to go ahead and send it in (journal's server has been resuscitated). So guess what I'll be doing tonight after I do the usual chores.
I did have a happy afternoon reading fairytale scholarship including 2 very riveting articles by Uther of ATU fame and found some other articles for my own personal research projects (remember the opera articles I'm writing?).
Very proud to have contributed to the #paper led by Tamara Ben-Ari et al. from @labos1point5 analysing the ~ 130 000 #academic#travels from ~160 #research units in #France over 2019 and discussing their #carbon emissions. Most importantly, the paper reports various #mitigation strategies and quantify their potential for reducing their #CarbonFootprint.
I'm kind of resigned that I worked through the four day weekend.
And semester starts tomorrow here in my neck of the woods.
I'll be spending the week prepping for classes which I'm only going to start on the second week because the first week's usually orientation stuff. But at least I've got three articles submitted and the fourth will go in once the server comes back to life. Probably tomorrow.
For this evening, #musicpractice , #startrek, laundry, and #mealprep for the week. I'm gutted by the ending of #startrekenterprise and join fans in being outraged at the finale. Didn't expect the series to make this big of an emotional impact on me.
Greatly reduced time on social media the past two-three years has resulted in better quality of life. I've also been playing more games, which brings great stress relief as well as enjoyment.
Yesterday, because I couldn't log into the article uploading system on an academic journal's platform (the entire server crashed), I de-stressed by returning to Pokemon Go for the first time in years (the gps stopped working on my ipad, back in the day). Delighted to discover that in that time there have been three shrine-stops established in my high density condominium compound. Unlimited supply of pokeballs, all through my bedroom and living room!
Since it doesn't exist apparently, starting a new hashtag for #academicgamers
None of my books have been exploited by AI or banned in Florida, and I’m hoping this doesn’t count against me in this year’s merit review. #academicchatter#histodons@histodons
The publishing sector has a problem. Scientists are overwhelmed, editors are overworked, special issue invitations are constant, research paper mills, article retractions, journal delistings… JUST WHAT IS GOING ON!?
Due to the nature of my work and research, I regularly find myself attending conferences and workshops in academic disciplines beyond my own. I'm there for outside expertise on something their discipline is grappling with. It is a fascinating window into other academic worlds. I approach it like participant observation. I'm studying and learning. Do other academics usually end up staying within their disciplinary bubbles? Do people like that? @academicchatter#academicchatter#academia
I need to make an interactive/ animated video explaining some concept. Does anyone know open-source tools/softwares to make TED style with videos with voiceover. Any help is appreciated :)
Hot take: Imposter syndrome drives an immense amount of academics' research productivity — the drive to become the expert everyone assumes you are by virtue of your title before people discover otherwise.
The Zagreb Applied Ethics Conference 2023 at the Zagreb Institute of Philosophy was great, with a truly international roster of presenters. Loved it! 👍🏻
(This will be a very long list by the end of the year if I keep it up. We'll see.)
Your statements are basically done after the first few deadlines. I always thought I'd customize extensively for each school.
Nope.
On a week like this (with so many apps due Sep 15), you just don't have time. You have to trust that you already put in the work with your base template. It's a mental shift from fellowship apps.