[csaa-forum] RQF Concern

[Warwick Mules]

Yes, should be in humanities. This shift is concerning because it 
suggests a move away from journalism, communication and media as a 
reflection on the human--on what it means to be human, or the 
relation between the human and experience, and towards an entirely 
instrumentalist concept where the human is simply presupposed as the 
'given' in an operation to produce meaning or sense within 
calculative regimes.

Regards


Warwick Mules


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>Dear CSAA list
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>Do other members share my concern that the 'Preferred model' of the 
>Research Quality Framework, recently released for discussion, places 
>'Journalism [no comma] communication and media' in the Social 
>sciences, law, education, politics, sociology and indigenous studies 
>panel instead of in the Humanities panel? The model is available at: 
><http://www.dest.gov.au/resqual>http://www.dest.gov.au/resqual (and, 
>specifically, 
><http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/research_sector/policies_issues_reviews/key_issues/research_quality_framework/rqf_preferred_model.htm#The_RQF_Preferred_Model>http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/research_sector/policies_issues_reviews/key_issues/research_quality_framework/rqf_preferred_model.htm#The_RQF_Preferred_Model).
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>The ARC has traditionally dealt with journalism, communication and 
>media studies via the Humanities and Creative Arts panel, and 
>Humanities is generally constructed as providing the key 
>disciplinary and methodological orientations for the disciplines as 
>practiced in Australia.
>
>The Research Quality Assessment Framework (RQAF) Team has asked for 
>written comments and feedback by the 4th October to:
>RQAF Team
>Loc 721
>Department of Education, Science and Training
>GPO Box 9880
>Canberra ACT 2601
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>Fax 02 6123 5717 or 02 6123 5911
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>Email  <mailto:rqf at dest.gov.au>rqf at dest.gov.au 
>
>While the Academy of the Humanities and the Council of the 
>Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences etc will all be responding to 
>the Preferred Framework paper, I believe it is worth our time in 
>making our own judgements and representations as individual 
>academics and as Schools, Departments and Faculties. 
>
>Lelia Green
>
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