tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post1442992899764824700..comments2024-03-29T08:40:11.883+00:00Comments on BishopBlog: Some quick thoughts on academic boycotts of Russiadeevybeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118040887173718391noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-52940862350993141812022-03-11T13:36:28.286+00:002022-03-11T13:36:28.286+00:00Dear professor,
are you aware that your own univer...Dear professor,<br />are you aware that your own university has established close collaboration with a number of military institutions including NATO, US military, as well as military institutions from countries such as <br /><br />China: The Academy of Military Science, Beijing and National Defense University, Beijing <br /><br />Turkey: Turkish Army Staff College/National Defence University<br /><br />whose military is involved in atrocities against Uyghurs, Kurds, and Syrians? <br /><br />http://www.ccw.ox.ac.uk/international-partnersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-19042700801995796162022-03-11T08:36:51.786+00:002022-03-11T08:36:51.786+00:00Indeed. Given the number of wars US and Britain ha...Indeed. Given the number of wars US and Britain have started since the WWII, researchers from these countries should have been banned on numerous occasions. In addition to illegal bombing of many countries, deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure, calling civilian deaths as "collateral damage," we should not forget about Guantanamo Bay detention camp and that the US has authorized torture: <br />https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/12/09/usa-and-torture-history-hypocrisy<br /><br />They can do whatever they want. And we are silent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-57694339829972312732022-03-10T12:30:30.390+00:002022-03-10T12:30:30.390+00:00The material on that website appears to be changin...The material on that website appears to be changing quite rapidly. When this was first publicised, I found the English version online, with another statement from 2 days earlier that did not state support for the invasion of Ukraine (though did not condemn it either), and emphasised the importance of international interactions between academics. I think it is safe to assume that those signing this may not have done so from their own initiative.deevybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118040887173718391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-24201797237797771552022-03-10T10:42:19.483+00:002022-03-10T10:42:19.483+00:00I'm very sympathetic to these points, but I al...I'm very sympathetic to these points, but I also worry when I see information like this suggesting that many in the university system in Russian support the war.<br /><br />https://crookedtimber.org/2022/03/07/russian-university-leaders-support-putins-war/Antonia Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17672898258389544084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-22025528627948639732022-03-08T10:05:00.166+00:002022-03-08T10:05:00.166+00:00Thank you for your thoughts, Dorothy. I have some ...Thank you for your thoughts, Dorothy. I have some experience in what this looks like in practice. I posted about it here: http://neuroanatody.com/2022/03/against-academic-sanctions/<br /><br />The TLDR; version is that people in education and arts are often opponents to dictators. What they need from us is support. If we punish them instead, some of their political energy that could be directed against Putin, will become redirected towards resenting the West. This will help Putin grow stronger. Ana Todorovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13916048594756810484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-64189219056989555972022-03-08T01:32:11.951+00:002022-03-08T01:32:11.951+00:00Sanction all British research psychologists until ...Sanction all British research psychologists until they bring Mr. Blair to the Hague for his war crimes Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-39523503328205010442022-03-07T15:20:58.850+00:002022-03-07T15:20:58.850+00:00I will consider supporting such a ban as soon as t...I will consider supporting such a ban as soon as the academic community does the same for the USA because of its illegal invasion of Iraq. <br /><br />Otherwise this proposal is sheer hypocrisy combined with xenophobia. jrkrideauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869979887929067657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-10409862828341448272022-03-06T13:34:30.218+00:002022-03-06T13:34:30.218+00:00"...and that we all should do all we can to s..."...and that we all should do all we can to stop the war and ensure Putin is brought to justice."<br /><br />I agree. What should we do to bring the war criminal Tony Blair to justice? Do you have any suggestion? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-24762312185452135192022-03-06T12:34:36.923+00:002022-03-06T12:34:36.923+00:00I usually find myself agreeing with pretty much al...I usually find myself agreeing with pretty much all your previous posts on anything but must respectfully disagree on this one: When publishing work by Russian academics we endorse their institutional affiliations and thereby give support to universities which for the most part are state-run, state-sponsored or state-controlled institutions. In sparing individuals from sanctions as you suggest we risk inadvertently legitimising parts of the state we aim to sanction. Hence my suggestion yesterday to publish work by Russian academic without institutional affiliation. The counter-argument was that this would incur repressions against those individuals in Russia and may end up hurting them personally. The solution I propose is to accept submissions, provide peer review but inform the individuals that publication will only occur without institutional affiliation. The individual academic may then decide to go ahead anyway, to withdraw or to post the work on a preprint server while benefiting from peer review. But this way we avoid endorsing Russian state institutions and giving them the kudos they presently don't deserve.Vera kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407898348182877951noreply@blogger.com