“This blog entry examines why it is so hard for us round pegs of new media to fit in the square holes of academic tenure. The talk closes with an invitation to contribute to the “Text Pool,” a peer reviewed online environment for stimulating collaborative writing that aims to furnish an alternative metric for academic success.” (text from the Conference Media Blog, mp3 talk by Jon Ippolito.)
This is a review of the ‘ways of academia’ when it comes to the inseparable process of peer review/publishing and tenure. Listen to the talk on the mp3 file .
It proposes alternative ways that take into account new forms of knowledge creation–particularly relevant to those in new media, and those who use multi-media and networked technologies. It reminds us (as I previously noted) that technology is redesigning disciplinary maps and academic ways.
I’ve also collected a number of articles that critique and offer proposals to update the peer-review process. An update on the ‘genre’ is what is proposed. The links to these papers and blog entries can be accessed here.