Gabriel and Joe discuss the “Sokal Squared” hoax, in which ridiculous articles were submitted and often accepted in humanities journals. The hoax generated considerable debate on bias in academia and the quality of peer-reviewed publications.
A video produced by the authors of the papers, in which one author notifies his colleagues of an accepted paper:
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Joe, Leslie and Gabriel interview Fabio Rojas (Indiana University) about his work on the historical development of the Black Studies discipline. Fabio Rojas […]
In episode 23 of The Annex, we meet Neda Maghbouleh from the University of Toronto. Neda is the author of The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian […]
How much should the discipline value public scholarship? What to make of public scholarship on new media?
The Annex discusses the case of Jussie Smollett, an actor who was charged with fabricating a hate crime .
