TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultivating intellectual community in academia
T2 - reflections from the Science and Technology Studies Food and Agriculture Network (STSFAN)
AU - Burch, Karly
AU - Gugganig, Mascha
AU - Guthman, Julie
AU - Reisman, Emily
AU - Comi, Matt
AU - Brock, Samara
AU - Kagliwal, Barkha
AU - Freidberg, Susanne
AU - Baur, Patrick
AU - Heimstädt, Cornelius
AU - Sippel, Sarah Ruth
AU - Speakman, Kelsey
AU - Marquis, Sarah
AU - Argüelles, Lucía
AU - Biltekoff, Charlotte
AU - Broad, Garrett
AU - Bronson, Kelly
AU - Faxon, Hilary
AU - Frohlich, Xaq
AU - Ghosh, Ritwick
AU - Halfon, Saul
AU - Legun, Katharine
AU - Martin, Sarah J.
N1 - © The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2023/5/1
Y1 - 2023/5/1
N2 - Scholarship flourishes in inclusive environments where open deliberations and generative feedback expand both individual and collective thinking. Many researchers, however, have limited access to such settings, and most conventional academic conferences fall short of promises to provide them. We have written this Field Report to share our methods for cultivating a vibrant intellectual community within the Science and Technology Studies Food and Agriculture Network (STSFAN). This is paired with insights from 21 network members on aspects that have allowed STSFAN to thrive, even amid a global pandemic. Our hope is that these insights will encourage others to cultivate their own intellectual communities, where they too can receive the support they need to deepen their scholarship and strengthen their intellectual relationships.
AB - Scholarship flourishes in inclusive environments where open deliberations and generative feedback expand both individual and collective thinking. Many researchers, however, have limited access to such settings, and most conventional academic conferences fall short of promises to provide them. We have written this Field Report to share our methods for cultivating a vibrant intellectual community within the Science and Technology Studies Food and Agriculture Network (STSFAN). This is paired with insights from 21 network members on aspects that have allowed STSFAN to thrive, even amid a global pandemic. Our hope is that these insights will encourage others to cultivate their own intellectual communities, where they too can receive the support they need to deepen their scholarship and strengthen their intellectual relationships.
KW - Intellectual communities; communities of practice; academic writing; science and technology studies (STS); agri-food
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U2 - 10.1007/s10460-023-10439-1
DO - 10.1007/s10460-023-10439-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 37359841
AN - SCOPUS:85154577060
SN - 0889-048X
VL - 40
SP - 951
EP - 959
JO - Agriculture and Human Values
JF - Agriculture and Human Values
IS - 3
ER -