This thread is Right on! Thanks @fervillanea.bsky.social
Academia is not a zero-sum game. You can do rigorous scientific work AND care about the problems of other people. Wild, I know.
Not that I expect the authors of the vanderbilt report to have ever helped anyone with their scholarship.
Fernando Villanea
Vanderbilt University commissioned a report on the state of humanities scholarship. Now some of the scholars accused of producing work driven by political ideology rather than the pursuit of truth are fighting back. @emmawhitford.bsky.social has the scoop. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
The report on the state of humanities scholarship has generated a lot of debate in academic circles and received backlash from the leading anthropology association.
