Academia’s Ivory Tower within the Worlds of New Media : Approachability, Popularity, Identity
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| Year of publication | 2018 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | The proposed presentation focuses on the realm of academia and both ways in which this space and work people do within it is included in and secluded from the real world. It discusses what consequences both such inclusion and seclusion may bring up. It ponders upon the issue of approachability, and lack thereof, of the academic sector by the general public and what such (dis)connection may cause in regard to people’s opinions of higher education, its usefulness, and importantly the identity of an academic viewed both from the perspective of the general public and academics themselves. In connection to that, the presentation then focuses on academia’s interconnection with the popular culture and the way this space and the academic identity are represented within the sphere of popular social media or creative media such as music. In pointing that out, the presentation’s aim lies in searching for a defamiliarized view of the academic sector, and creating a pathway for making its ivory tower more down to earth. |
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