Inherent Tensions in Adopting New Scholarly Practices
Presentation given as part of a Roundtable on Collaboration at the 61st Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials, in Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Kramer, Bianca; Bosman, Jeroen (2015): 101 Innovations in Scholarly Communication - the Changing Research Workflow. figshare. https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1286826.v1 some innovations
across workflow phases Kramer, Bianca; Bosman, Jeroen (2015): 101 Innovations in Scholarly Communication - the Changing Research Workflow. figshare. https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1286826.v1
• social discovery tools • data driven & crowdsourced science • collaborative online writing • Open Access & data publication • scholarly social media • article level (alt)metrics Trends Kramer, Bianca; Bosman, Jeroen (2015): 101 Innovations in Scholarly Communication - the Changing Research Workflow. figshare. https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1286826.v1
but it is problematic always trying to catch up, with: different material conditions for other incentive structures in other languages for a different culture
Field Theory “Field theory is a more or less coherent approach in the social sciences whose essence is the explanation of regularities in individual action by recourse to position vis-a-vis others. Position in the field indicates the potential for a force exerted on the person, but a force that impinges ‘from the inside’ as opposed to external compulsion.” Levi-Martin, J. (2003). What is field theory. American Journal of Sociology, 109(1), 1–49.
Field Theory Our context and those around us impose constraints on us, but we each have our individual motivations and use our social skills to succeed within those constraints.
adopt resist early-mover (risk/reward) shape developments (be at the table) become a bridge innovations not yet rewarded developments not context sensitive strengthen regional approaches
let’s do our own approaches to strengthen the region. After all, Latin America is unique. let’s do what the North does. After all, it is a global world.
Create spaces where the innovations can be considered, discussed, and transformed to be appropriate for the local context. 1. Southern Epistemological Approach
“Instead of copying foreign ideas there is a tendency to create new ones and re-elaborate them with an anticipatory view and an accent on Global South localism. A critical mass and part of the political class adopts the neo-liberal policies initially, and then immediately afterwards it commits anthropophagi—it digests what it finds useful, regurgitates what does not concern it, and absorbs what will do it some good.” Leite, D., 2010, ‘Brazilian higher education from a post-colonial perspective’, Globalisation, Societies and Education, 8(2), 219–233. Southern Epistemology
Create spaces where Latin American innovations are recognized so that they might be adopted as the dominant narrative in the North. 2. Field Reorientation Approach