Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Editing a new journal is a lonely business.An editor must have vision, of course, and inspire colleagues to want to contribute to his or her endeavour.He or she must also be ready to adapt to circumstance, and to take new ideas on board, in an ongoing attempt to make that journal readable and interesting -not something one can readily say of (m)any academic journals in these soul-destroying days of citation indices, rankings, impact factors, and other forms of "bureautrash" designed to keep scholars firmly under control, and to stop them from engaging in what, ideally, they do best: thinking.I'm sure that those of you who are not employed in academia have your own crosses to bear (not least, client obtuseness).Imagine, though, how we might upset the universe if we had but time to think (and, of course, act).Bankers would be obliged to do regular bouts of community service and become contemporary Robin Hoods by distributing their bonuses among the poor.Glass ceilings in corporate hierarchies would be shattered to allow everyone -regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, education, and so on -equal opportunities (and less unequal pay).Mobile phones would be banned on all forms of public transport throughout the world (and not just in Japan)."Breaking news" would be limited to twice a day.Photo-shopped images -particularly of women -would be made illegal in the public domain.And there'd be no more middle-aged men Page 1 of 4 JBA 3(1): 1-4 Spring 2014
Source: Journal of Business Anthropology
Author: Brian Moeran
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1551578291