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Practising Public Scholarship: Experiences and Possibilities Beyond the Academy
Greg Mitchell
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Description for Practising Public Scholarship: Experiences and Possibilities Beyond the Academy
Paperback. This innovative book provides a collection of 20 chapters describing the journey to public scholarship. It is a cross-disciplinary exploration of the pleasures and perils associated with breaching the town-gown divide. Editor(s): Mitchell, Katharyne. Series: Antipode Book Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 244.
A cross-disciplinary collection of 20 essays describing the journey to public scholarship, exploring the pleasures and perils associated with breaching the town-gown divide.
A cross-disciplinary collection of 20 essays describing the journey to public scholarship, exploring the pleasures and perils associated with breaching the town-gown divide.
- Includes contributions from departments of geography, comparative literature, sociology, communications, history, English, public health, and biology
- Discusses their efforts to reach beyond the academy and to make their ideas and research broadly accessible to a wider audience
- Opens the way for a new kind of democratic politics—one based on grounded concepts and meaningful social participation
- Includes deeply personal accounts about the journey to becoming a public scholar and to intervening politically in the world, while remaining within a university ... Read more
- Provides a broad prescription for social change, both within and outside the university
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Antipode Book Series
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405189125
SKU
V9781405189125
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Ref
99-1
About Greg Mitchell
Katharyne Mitchell is Professor of Geography and the Simpson Professor in the Public Humanities at the University of Washington. Her research and teaching focus on urban development, education, and migration. From 2004 to 2007 she was the founding director of Reclaiming Childhood, an interdisciplinary and community oriented collaboration examining the changing nature of American childhood under neoliberalism. See http://www.reclaimingchildhood.org. Recent ... Read more
Reviews for Practising Public Scholarship: Experiences and Possibilities Beyond the Academy
‘Practicing Public Scholarship' provides a useful resource for those thinking how to push forward the public dimensions of their work." (The Sociological Imagination, June 2010) “Highly recommended for faculty, this book raises some uncomfortable questions that "activist" scholars must confront.” (International Journal of Social Welfare , July 2009)