The Conference Manifesto
Academic conferences are a habit from the past, embraced by the administrativersity as a way to showcase knowledge and to increase productivity in the form of published conference proceedings. We have been complicit. Until now.
We believe it is time to ask ourselves: What is the purpose of the conference? What has caused us to organize these things year after year without questioning their basis? Is there another way to reformat the conference or do away with it altogether, replacing it with something more intellectually, professionally and socially satisfying for everyone? What are our real motivations for organizing a conference? For attending one? To burnish our résumés? To network? To get a sense of the current work being done in our fields?
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Lista de perguntas para conferências:
2. “Can you explain why I didn’t understand this presentation?”
9. “I’m deeply unpleasant, and have run out of friends and family members who are willing to put up with my opinions.”
10. “I used to like your work, but I don’t now. Have you considered doing the things I like again?”
11. “Hi, I have a personal anecdote that I believe completely disproves the central thesis of your research?”
12. “JET FUEL CAN’T MELT STEEL BEAMS”
13. “This is more of an observation than a question – in fact it’s not a question at all – in fact it’s less an observation than an open-ended series of unconnected thoughts wrapped in a thin veneer of criticism – I’ve never asked a question in my life.”
15. “Thanks so much for you presentation. My own work, I believe, refutes everything you’ve ever done; I’d like to offer you a presentation of my own in the eighteen minutes we have left.”
16. “I noticed there are some things you haven’t done in your career. Can you explain why you haven’t done them, even though I consider them to be more important than the things you personally prefer to do?”
17. “I did something six years ago, and some people criticized what I did. Please allow me to explain why they were wrong to disagree with me, in detail, and then tell me that you agree with me.”
18. “I drifted in and out during the middle of whatever it was you were talking about. Could you please revisit that entire topic? I will not be more specific, thank you for your time.”
Mais
Lista de perguntas para conferências:
2. “Can you explain why I didn’t understand this presentation?”
9. “I’m deeply unpleasant, and have run out of friends and family members who are willing to put up with my opinions.”
10. “I used to like your work, but I don’t now. Have you considered doing the things I like again?”
11. “Hi, I have a personal anecdote that I believe completely disproves the central thesis of your research?”
12. “JET FUEL CAN’T MELT STEEL BEAMS”
13. “This is more of an observation than a question – in fact it’s not a question at all – in fact it’s less an observation than an open-ended series of unconnected thoughts wrapped in a thin veneer of criticism – I’ve never asked a question in my life.”
15. “Thanks so much for you presentation. My own work, I believe, refutes everything you’ve ever done; I’d like to offer you a presentation of my own in the eighteen minutes we have left.”
16. “I noticed there are some things you haven’t done in your career. Can you explain why you haven’t done them, even though I consider them to be more important than the things you personally prefer to do?”
17. “I did something six years ago, and some people criticized what I did. Please allow me to explain why they were wrong to disagree with me, in detail, and then tell me that you agree with me.”
18. “I drifted in and out during the middle of whatever it was you were talking about. Could you please revisit that entire topic? I will not be more specific, thank you for your time.”
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