Publish or Stay Behind and Perhaps Perish: Stability of Publication Practices in (Some) Social Sciences
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Zusammenfassung: Obwohl neue technische Entwicklungen das schnelle und hinsichtlich der Länge problemlose Veröffentlichen ermöglichen, werden elektronische Medien in manchen Wissenschaften nur langsam – wenn überhaupt – akzeptiert und benutzt. Auf der Grundlage eines kulturhistorischen Ansatzes der dritten Generation argumentiere ich, dass sich die Stabilität von Veröffentlichungspraktiken (in Nordamerika) aus der Rolle der Publikationen in der akademischen Laufbahn ergibt. Entscheidungen in so unterschiedlichen Zusammenhängen wie Dauereinstellung, Beförderung, Gehalt, Gehaltserhöhung, und Drittmittelerwerb hängen von der Veröffentlichungsliste ab, die als eine Form der Objektivierung der Leistung eines Individuums verstanden wird. Die Stabilität der Veröffentlichungspraktiken kann man daher als das Produkt von der hoch vernetzten Natur akademischer Praktiken und Tätigkeitssystemen und der dialektischen Natur der Wissenschaftsgemeinden (communities of practice) verstehen, die sich sowohl identisch reproduzieren (Stasis), als auch in neuen Formen produzieren. Dieses Phänomen kann man zum Teil verstehen als das Bedürfnis eines Akademikers (einer Akademikerin), zur Erhaltung der Wissensgemeinde durch Dienste beizutragen, die den Entscheidungen über Dauereinstellung, Beförderung, und Gehalt Rechnung tragen.
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