Academic Freedom

Backfired: A Case Study of the University of Illinois and Academic Freedom

by Bob Turner

Operation Get Fired: A Chronicle of the Academic Repression of Radical Environmentalist and Animal Rights Advocate-Scholars

by Richard Kahn

Forthcoming in Academic  Repression: Reflections from the Academic Industrial Complex, Steven Best,  Anthony J. Nocella and Peter McLaren (eds.), AK Press

Estranged-Gaze Pedagogy: Probing Architectural Computing through Multiple Ways of Seeing

by Stanislav Roudavski

Cite as: Roudavski, Stanislav (2012). 'Estranged-Gaze Pedagogy: Probing Architectural Computing through Multiple Ways of Seeing', in Beyond Codes and Pixels: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, ed. by Thomas Fischer, et al. (Chennai, India: CAADRIA), pp. 659–668

This paper discusses the challenges of teaching architectural design theory in a world transformed by the digital... more This paper discusses the challenges of teaching architectural design theory in a world transformed by the digital revolution. Design is changing in dramatic ways and architecture is changing with it but a well-defined body of knowledge that can serve as a foundation for digital architectural design has – as yet – not been established. Relevant concepts, methods and precedents originate in many fields that are typically well beyond the scope of reading suggested to (or encountered by) students of architecture. This material is highly dynamic, often contradictory and, typically, of varying quality. Presenting this developing body of knowledge to students is a difficult challenge. A suitable pedagogical approach ought to reflect the heterogeneous and volatile nature of the contemporary design discourse enabling critical analysis of existing design practices, evidenced defence of one’s own creative work and successful communication with many heterogeneous stakeholders.

Keywords: critical pedagogy; digital architectural design; architectural theory; architectural education.

‘Academic Freedom: essential liberty or extravagant luxury?’

by Terence Karran

in Neary, M., Stevenson, H., and Bell L., (eds), The Future of Higher Education: Policy, Pedagogy and the Student Experience, (London: Continuum, 2009), pp.17-29.

So Noxious a Premonition

by Mohamed Eno

Excerpted from my forthcoming volume Guilt of Otherness: A Brief Personal Memoir in Poetry

Strong and weak leadership exist everywhere, in every profession, and academia is not an exception. This verse is... more Strong and weak leadership exist everywhere, in every profession, and academia is not an exception. This verse is dedicated to all men and women academics who at some point in their professional life felt oppressed, frustrated or marginalized for one reason or another by the powers that be in their respective institutions.

A. Destro - M.Pesce, “The colour of words. An analysis of the Gospel of John. From ‘social death’ to freedom, in the household”, in P.Arzt-Grabner Arzt-Grabner - Christina M. Kreinecker, (eds.), Light from the East. Papyrologische Kommentare zum Neuen Testament. Akten des internationalen Symposions vom 3.-4. Dezember 2009 am Fachbereich Bibelwissenschaft und Kirchengeschichte der Universität Salzburg, Wiesbaden, Harrasowitz, 2010, 27-46.pdf

by Mauro Pesce

“Criteria Against Ourselves?”: Embracing the Opportunities of Qualitative Inquiry

by Andrew Herrmann

Cite as:
Herrmann, A. F. (in press). “Criteria against ourselves?”: Embracing the opportunities of qualitative inquiry. International Review of Qualitative Research.

In this exploration, I consider the dilemmas I experienced as a young qualitative researcher, particularly the ethical... more In this exploration, I consider the dilemmas I experienced as a young qualitative researcher, particularly the ethical questions about how I write, who I implicate as I write, and how community fits into my ideas of personal narrative and autoethnography. This account is drawn from conversations with peers and mentors, ethnographic experience, and interviews. It is an explication of the influences of discourses, the criteria of academia, and a call to arms. It calls for second-generation qualitative researchers to push the boundaries, expand the development and the readership of our work. It calls on our academic parents to continue to protect us within the academy, and also from the academy’s criteria as we are work towards tenure and attempt to enlarge our readership and influence.

Michael Polanyi on Freedom of Science

by Péter Hartl

This essay is an enlarged version of my conference talk (Michael Polanyi's post-critical epistemology and the moral dimension of science) which I gave at the 20th Days of Frane Petric – Philosophical Trends in Southeast Europe Conference (Cres, Croatia, September 18-21, 2011).

In the present essay I investigate Polanyi's main arguments for academic freedom. Academic and political freedom are... more In the present essay I investigate Polanyi's main arguments for academic freedom. Academic and political freedom are closely related to each other: if the state takes control over science, it will lead to the collapse of freedom itself in the whole society. His arguments against totalitarianism rely on his anti-positivist philosophy of science. He diagnoses totalitarianism as a denial of academic freedom which is based on a pragmatist view of science and instrumentalist interpretation of moral values. Polanyi's idea of science is a spiritual, idealistic description of a community of free intellectuals who are passionately committed to seeking the truth and have an autonomous community with its own rules and autonomous direction. Seeking the truth in favour of truth itself is the essential goal of science, which can be accomplished only if it remains free from every external influence. I will argue that Polanyi's insights can still be relevant today, when science can become an instrument of profit-oriented practical needs instead of seeking the truth itself, and humanities (including philosophy) are often considered unnecessary.

Foundations of Academic Freedom: Making New Sense of Some Aging Arguments

by Liviu Andreescu

in Studies in Philosophy and Education 28.6 (2009)

The article discusses several arguments offered as justification for academic freedom.It identifies four main... more The article discusses several arguments offered as justification for academic freedom.It identifies four main arguments, three consequentialist in nature, the other nonconsequentialist. It explores the form these arguments must take in order to establish academic freedom as a principle distinct from free speech and intellectual freedom.

"Individual Academic Freedom and Aprofessional Acts"

by Liviu Andreescu

in Educational Theory 59.5 (2009)

Does so-called "extramural" speech deserve protection from academic sanctions under the principle of... more Does so-called "extramural" speech deserve protection from academic sanctions under the principle of academic freedom? I discuss two alternative views of the matter, spell out and examine some of the arguments advanced by the proponents of the "restrictive" theory against the broader, traditional view. I suggest that the choice between the two definitions of academic freedom is a question of sound policy in specific institutional contexts, rather than a matter of conceptual consistency.

The Usages of Academic Freedom: Academic Exchange and the Cold War

by Thomas Koenig

In this paper, I am interested to analyze how academic freedom as an ideology and a practice within the academic field... more In this paper, I am interested to analyze how academic freedom as an ideology and a practice within the academic field was situated and enacted within the Cultural Diplomacy efforts of the United States during the Cold War.

(Note: This paper is a preliminary study only; I hope to update and outflesh it at some point.)

Las libertades educativas en la Constitución española de 1978

by Carlos Vidal

‘Academic Freedom in Europe: A Preliminary Comparative Analysis’,

by Terence Karran

Higher Education Policy, Vol. 20, No. 3, September 2007, pp.289-313.

Using comparative data from 23 states within the European Union (EU), this paper is a preliminary assessment of the... more Using comparative data from 23 states within the European Union (EU), this paper is a preliminary assessment of the protection for, and (by extension) the health of, academic freedom in the universities of the nations of the EU.The paper examines constitutional and legislative protection for academic freedom, along with legal regulations concerning institutional governance, the appointment of the Rector and the existence of academic tenure, in order to create a composite picture of the health of academic freedom in the universities within the EU nations.Additionally, the paper considers how this preliminary analysis could be extended through possible further research to aid refinement of the results, and thereby protect and strengthen academic freedom in Europe

Foucault's 'Fearless Speech' and the Transformation and Mentoring of Medical Students

by Stuart Murray

with Thomas J. Papadimos, Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities in Medicine, vol. 3, no. 12 (2008)

In his six 1983 lectures published under the title, Fearless Speech (2001), Michel Foucault developed the theme of... more In his six 1983 lectures published under the title, Fearless Speech (2001), Michel Foucault developed the theme of free speech and its relation to frankness, truth-telling, criticism, and duty. Derived from the ancient Greek word parrhesia, Foucault's analysis of free speech is relevant to the mentoring of medical students. This is especially true given the educational and social need to transform future physicians into able citizens who practice a fearless freedom of expression on behalf of their patients, the public, the medical profession, and themselves in the public and political arena. In this paper, we argue that Foucault's understanding of free speech, or parrhesia, should be read as an ethical response to the American Medical Association's recent educational effort, Initiative to Transform Medical Education (ITME): Recommendations for change in the system of medical education (2007). In this document, the American Medical Association identifies gaps in medical education, emphasizing the need to enhance health system safety and quality, to improve education in training institutions, and to address the inadequacy of physician preparedness in new content areas. These gaps, and their relationship to the ITME goal of promoting excellence in patient care by implementing reform in the US system of medical education, call for a serious consideration and use of Foucault's parrhesia in the way that medical students are trained and mentored.

The Body of Free Speech: Risk and the Rhetorical Practice of Parrhesia

by Stuart Murray

Subject Matters: A Journal of Communications and the Self, vol. 2, no. 2 (2006): 59-72

Human Rights and Qualitative Health Inquiry: On Biofascism and the Importance of Parrhesia

by Stuart Murray

co-authored with G. Rail & D. Holmes, in Qualitative Inquiry and Human Rights, eds. N.K. Denzin & M.D. Giardina (Left Coast Press, 2010), 218–41

Los sistemas de evaluación de la docencia e investigación jurídica en España

by Carlos Vidal

Paper in "III Simposio Compostelano sobre enseñanzas jurídicas", Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 23 y 24 de septiembre de 2010.

La libertad de cátedra: Un estudio comparado

by Carlos Vidal

Libertad de cátedra en centros docentes de iniciativa social

by Carlos Vidal

published in Revista Vasca de Administración Pública. Nº 50, 1998, págs. 347-368

Libertad de cátedra y libertad pedagógica en Alemania

by Carlos Vidal

published in Persona y Derecho, 50 (2004): 373-409