We agree that we are all learners, that students may be experienced practitioners, and practitioners experienced researchers. An "early career researcher" may be a 20+ person out of school or 50+ who starts an academic career. Career paths aren't straight any more. Academic traditions in the humanities and social sciences (to make it more manageable) aren't straight either, if they ever were. Someone asked a question about references to online sources and people mentioned a regular evaluation as a way to go. However, there are indications that referencing practices develop in a complex negotiation with tradition in some academic fields. At the same time, traditional academic genres are shifting to merge a line between academic-creative, visual-textual, rational-emotional, dramatically in some fields, slightly in others. Do you have examples for these and other shifts? What does Internet do to change academia and its traditions? There is a fair bit written on the topic, but I am interested in your perceptions. What is it in shifting traditions that affects you as an academic in your daily work? Suzana At 09:58 PM 18/05/2007, you wrote: Jeremy Hunsinger
I would also note that many members of this list are not either a professor or ph.d. student. We have many professionals and practitioners.
In regards to the issues of the 'imposter syndrome' in academia. Which I've known people to express all the way through their careers. I know full professors who still don't think they 'belong', 'know what they are supposed to', and/or feel like an imposter.
Suzana