Re: [Air-L] AoIR in Second Life - Scholar vs. researcher
Dear Jasmine -
Also, as a general question: when is it acceptable to refer to yourself as a 'scholar' or 'researcher'? (Semantics I know, but I'm studying language so the distinction is sort of important to me.)
This distinction was actually the topic (!) of my PhD on internet scholarship. I explored four 'pathways' to internet scholarship - specifically talking about how internet scholars develop and integrate any previous academic study with their current engagement with the internet. To me, briefly, a scholar engages with the topic with supporting theoretical structure and analysis that comes from "far and wide" - and when becoming a scholar, academics undergo a process of educational/personal and professional development (the Germans called it Bildung). Rall, D. N. (2007) "Locating four pathways to internet scholarship" Lismore, NSW, Southern Cross University. Unpublished PhD thesis. The definition of an internet researcher I didn't actually explore. But I'm sure there's many others on this list that could offer good definitions. Cheers, Denise Denise N. Rall, PhD. Special Projects, Faculty of Arts & Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Mobile +(61) (0)438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/staff/pages/drall/ Join the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Internet Research 10.0, October 7-11, Milwaukee, WI, USA --- On Sat, 16/5/09, Jasmine Pues <marimiko@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Jasmine Pues <marimiko@gmail.com> Subject: [Air-L] AoIR in Second Life To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Received: Saturday, 16 May, 2009, 6:08 AM Hello and good day, it's Jasmine Pues
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Our promotions criteria differentiate research and scholarship - research is seen as contributing new knowledge to the field, scholarship as staying abreast of developments in the field published by others. Marj Associate Professor Marjorie Kibby Film, Media and Cultural Studies School of Humanities and Social Science The University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia Marj.Kibby@newcastle.edu.au +61 2 49216604
I found the following definitions of research and scholarship to be quite interesting and possibly useful in my efforts to distinguish e-Research from digital scholarship. It seems to me that a lot of activities in the humanities, arts and social sciences that are described (and funded) as e-Research are actually digital scholarship since they involve setting up/maintaining/providing access to digital collections of research resources (e.g. social science datasets, images, video, audio), rather than contributing to new knowledge. Does anyone else agree with or object to the definitions of research/scholarship below, and my attempt to use them to distinguish e-Research from digital scholarship? Any relevant scholarly references would be much appreciated. Rob ------------------------------------- Dr Robert Ackland Fellow and Masters Coordinator, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, The Australian National University e-mail: robert.ackland@anu.edu.au project: http://voson.anu.edu.au teaching: http://adsri.anu.edu.au/study/ssi.php -------------------------------------- Marj Kibby wrote:
Our promotions criteria differentiate research and scholarship - research is seen as contributing new knowledge to the field, scholarship as staying abreast of developments in the field published by others.
Marj
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Robert Ackland