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Pablo Markin started the topic Upcoming Webinar: The Role of Libraries and Open Access Publishing in Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (EMEA) in the discussion
Open Access Books Network via email on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoDear Colleagues,
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all, require global collaboration, knowledge sharing, and equitable access to information. Open Access, which provides unrestricted access to scholarly research and knowledge, has…[Read more]
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Tom Grady replied to the topic Job ads section for OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoNew Vacancy at COPIM! Scholarly Publishing Outreach Officer working with me on the Opening the Future revenue model. Deadline 8th Oct so get applying quick!
COPIM is reshaping how knowledge dissemination is funded and accessed. Do you want to be part one of the most ambitious and impactful projects working in open access scholarly publishing…[Read more]
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Harald Pittel deposited Feelings without Structure: A Cultural Materialist View of Affective Politics in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoThe term ‘affective politics’ is sometimes used to dismiss political strategies as being directed merely at affects at the expense of rational analysis (Massumi 2015: 65f). While such uses are meant to criticize certain politics, appeals to the affects – and consequently, forms of propaganda or populism – do not have to be bad at all. The point h…[Read more]
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Markus Putnings replied to the topic Job ads section for OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoMy university library in Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, is continuing to develop the Open Source Academic Publishing Suite OS-APS 🚀 and we are looking for someone from publishing, media or open access with a successfully completed degree as a bachelor (m/f/d) in the library, information, IT, publishing, editing or media sciences. International…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Extreme Individualism of Dawkin’s Selfish Gene Fallacy-False Premise “gene selfishness will usually give rise to selfishness in individual behaviour = “limited form of altruism” vs studies of compassion, Sprecher-Fehr = spirituality correlation +Mannheim in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoExtreme Individualism & Dawkins Fallacy Dawkins argues that “gene selfishness will usually give rise to selfishness in individual behaviour” – That is an excellent illustration in academia of what David Hay referred to as “Extreme Individualism” – a problem in Western Academia which Virgilio Enriquez also brought to light. Virgilio Enriquez…[Read more]
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Titus Stahl deposited Beyond the nonideal: Why critical theory needs a utopian dimension in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months ago“Ideal theorists” in contemporary liberal political theory argue that we can only arrive at a conception of what our most important political values require by reference to an imagined ideal state of affairs and that we must therefore, to some extent, engage in utopian thinking. Critical theorists, from Marx and the Frankfurt School, have tra…[Read more]
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Silke Davison replied to the topic Job ads section for OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoOPERAS has put out an Open Call for two new positions based in Brussels. If you’re interested in working for a Research Infrastructure supporting open scholarly communication in SSH, check out the roles below:
Position Project Management Officer – Open Call – OPERAS (operas-eu.org)
Position Service Marketing and Community Outreach Officer – O…[Read more]
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Agata Morka started the topic The OABN wants your feedback/ (not a) survey in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThis is not a survey, as Magritte would say… it’s surreal how easy it is to answer our questions!
The OABN wants YOUR feedback to get to know our growing network better. But we know that no one likes surveys. So we’ll make this one as painless as possible: it will be to the point, short, and productive. Since we started three years ago, the Ope…[Read more] -
Lucy Barnes replied to the topic Job ads section for OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoAnother opportunity to work with COPIM, who are looking for an excellent Project Manager to lead the new Open Book Futures project. This crucial role is based out of @LancasterUniLib, with remote working options. Part time (3 days per week) with flexible hours: https://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=0296-23-R
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Lucy Barnes replied to the topic Job ads section for OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoA full-time, fixed-term opportunity to work on the Open Book Collective as the Open Access Engagement Lead, deadline 9th July: https://openbookcollective.pubpub.org/pub/open-access-engagement-lead/release/3
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