Beware the kudzu: Corporate creep, university consumers, and epistemic injustice

Staller, Karen M.

doi:10.1177/14733250221106639

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“…The ideas posed in this commentary are not exclusive to tourism scholarship but to academia as a whole where scholars across disciplines and continents warned of a detrimental corporatist regime (e.g., Mura & Wijesinghe, 2022;Salo & Heikkinen, 2018;Staller, 2022). More particularly, we acknowledge that our commentary echoes the assertions of David Fennell (2013), who nearly a decade ago, critiqued the corporatist takeover and plausible downfall of tourism scholarship.…”

Section: What Can We Do To Change the Culture Of Academia?mentioning

confidence: 59%

“…Academics are not only expected to publish but also volunteer their time and resources to provide editing and reviewing services for journals and their respective publishing houses with no additional financial compensation (Benjamin & Dillette, 2021;Staller, 2022). The real financial beneficiaries of academic publishing are the publishing houses which are dominated by five major players: Elsevier, Black & Wiley, Taylor & Francis, Springer Nature, and SAGE, which control over 50% of the market among them (Hagve, 2020).…”

Section: Publish or Perish: Origins And Influence On Tourism Academiamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…With 10,572 articles published alone in 2021 and the pace of academic publishing accelerating at an unyielding pace, what we and our students face today is the deflation of academic knowledge. We fear that research would soon be reduced down to nothing but mere currency for post-doctoral-degree job placement, annual reviews and promotion for existing faculty members, and academic department leaders pursuing university prestige without proper impact to our communities and society (Staller, 2022). Consequently, the purpose of engaging in research will only continue to tarnish, ultimately perpetuating the toxic culture of productivity and capitalism-core values of the corporate university (Berg & Seeber, 2016;Fennell, 2013;Salo & Heikkinen, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The death of tourism scholarship… unless…

Lee

Benjamin

2023

Annals of Tourism Research

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Lee

Benjamin

2023

Annals of Tourism Research

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“…Over the past 10 years, I have come to view Professor Staller as the essence of the journal. Its emphasis on rigorous qualitative inquiry aligns with her commitment to methodological advocacy (Staller, 2012, 2017, 2022a), the intellectual rigor of qualitative research (Staller, 2014, 2015a, 2015b, 2018, 2021; Staller, 2022b; Staller and Chen, 2022), and the importance of guiding the next generation of qualitative scholars (Staller, 2015a, 2019; Staller, 2022b; Staller and Chen, 2022; Staller and Krumer-Nevo, 2013); they seem one and the same to me.…”

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Is that all?—Reflections on beginnings, endings, and hopeful transitions

Piedra

2022

Qualitative Social Work

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My inaugural issue as Editor-in-Chief (for the Americas region) coincides with several exciting changes. We welcome the addition of a new Assistant editor, Yun Chen, and a recently appointed Book Reviews editor, Deirdre Lanesskog, who also moves into her new role as Associate editor. Over the past 2 decades, Qualitative Social Work (QSW) has grown from 4 issues to 6, and correspondingly, the number of submissions we receive from all corners of the global has also increased. Here at QSW, we hold that the development of high-quality scholarship means investing in our authors and reviewers through a rigorous but fair and transparent peer-review process. We also want to respond quickly and effectively to our submissions. We are delighted that Yun Chen and Deirdre Lanesskog have joined us in their new roles on the editorial team.This first issue of 2023 is also bittersweet. The eminent Karen Staller, who after 10 years of unwavering service to the journal as Co-Editor, has stepped down. It is hard not to see this as an end of an era. Ten years ago, Professor Staller invited me to join QSW as an Associate editor. I was all too familiar with her groundbreaking work with runaway youth (Staller, 2004(Staller, , 2006(Staller, , 2006b(Staller, , 2010 and her captivating writing style that transports you into the minds and sentiments of others (Staller, 2007). It was a decision I have never regretted, and I have learned countless lessons about the peer-review process, the behindthe-scenes of publishing across three global regions, and the power of the editorial to reach a broad audience. Over the past 10 years, I have come to view Professor Staller as the essence of the journal. Its emphasis on rigorous qualitative inquiry aligns with her commitment to methodological advocacy (

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“…However, with the move towards open access publishing (e.g., Plan S , US regulations ) care must be taken to avoid shifting the financial burden onto universities through extortionate Open Access fees. Misuse of community resources by for-profit corporations is widespread ( Staller, 2022 ): Microsoft’s recent release of GitHub Copilot, a programming tool that learns from publicly shared code without respecting its license, met with vocal criticism from the open software community ( Gershgorn, 2021 ). These examples show how applying market principles of commodification, monetization, and private ownership can sour a space that is better served as a community-managed commons ( Morrison, 2019 ; Ostrom, 1990 ).…”

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Rethinking academia in a time of climate crisis

Urai

Kelly

2023

eLife

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Addressing the climate crisis requires radical and urgent action at all levels of society. Universities are ideally positioned to lead such action but are largely failing to do so. At the same time, many academic scientists find their work impeded by bureaucracy, excessive competitiveness, and a loss of academic freedom. Here, drawing on the framework of “Doughnut Economics,” developed by Kate Raworth, we suggest seven new principles for rethinking the norms of scientific practice. Based on these, we propose a call to action, and encourage academics to take concrete steps towards the creation of a flourishing scientific enterprise that is fit for the challenges of the 21st century.

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Beware the kudzu: Corporate creep, university consumers, and epistemic injustice

Cited by 10 publications

References 23 publications

The death of tourism scholarship… unless…

The death of tourism scholarship… unless…

Is that all?—Reflections on beginnings, endings, and hopeful transitions

Rethinking academia in a time of climate crisis

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