: Re: [csaa-forum] Another attack on CS in the Oz

[Danny Butt]

The Association needs to give The Australian an award for its  
distinguished Contribution to the Research Environment by stimulating  
more discussion in the discipline than any other cultural entity :).

Appropriate responses rehearsed by all - but the science analogies  
this time remind me of the great anti-ethnographic quote Laura Kipnis  
attributes to Bertolt Brecht,  (but which I've never been able to  
confirm, would love a ref.) :

"If you want to understand the laws of motion, you don't ask the  
tennis ball."

As for Emma Dawson, I think the look on her face as she thoughtfully  
chose the phrase "academic weasel words" would have said it all.

x.d

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On 28/07/2006, at 7:02 PM, <cgibson at uow.edu.au> <cgibson at uow.edu.au>  
wrote:

> Hi all
>
> For what it's worth, the 'relevance' and 'comprehensibility'  
> debates are old chestnuts in geography too. They just keep on re- 
> appearing despite all the continuing evidence to the contrary -  
> that loads of people are doing really interesting academic work  
> that is both theoretically informed and which engages communities.
>
> Based on this (and after years of being angry about it) I've now  
> started letting the type of arguments articulated in the Oz piece  
> through to the keeper.
>
> Having said that, I think it would be great if Amanda could  
> synthesise a response together that weaves in the comments of  
> others...
>
> Cheers
> Chris
>
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