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sidereal

@cypnk @sofiav @jillL @deborahh @RustyBertrand I’ve had academics print up and internationally mail me copies of rare unpublished manuscripts for free. They get SO stoked when the general public asks them questions y’all like don’t even know if you haven’t done it. They got into the profession to share knowledge! Most of them would actually way rather talk to random folks who are highly interested in the subject than lecture to bored 18 year olds.

7 July at 14:51 | Wall-to-wall | Open on kolektiva.social
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Deborah Hartmann Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦

@sidereal @cypnk @sofiav @jillL @RustyBertrand why mail? Are they not allowed to share an electronic copy?

7 July at 15:00 | Open on mstdn.ca
Orion (he/him)

@deborahh @sidereal @cypnk @sofiav @jillL @RustyBertrand I can't speak for them, but a lot of humanities profs are not super technical, especially the over-sixty crowd.

There's no rule against sharing our work. It's not worth enough money for anyone to care. I mean, it's only the most advanced knowledge we've come up with this far. It's not an episode of the Frasier reboot or something. :)

7 July at 16:31 | Open on writing.exchange
sidereal

@deborahh @cypnk @sofiav @jillL @RustyBertrand They sent me an electronic copy too, this is just the kind of great/free customer service you get from radical labor academics when you actually care about their work.

7 July at 16:41 | Open on kolektiva.social
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