Challenging Academia: A Critical Space for Controversial Social Issues

• Other Authors: Piper, Heather (Editor), Leander, M.A (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Humanities; Social interaction; Early Childhood Education and Care; child sexual abuse; prevention policies; no touch; teacher-child relationships; male childcare workers; stigma; discrimination; fear; panopticon; moral panic; Brazilian academia; interviewing for faculty positions; Lattes CV; meritocracy; criminalisation; harm; law; criminal justice; freedom; risk; abuse; liberal; victim; vulnerability; critical thinking; identity politics; academic freedom; free speech; victimhood; anti-discriminatory practice; neoliberalism; shadow management; new public management; ombudsman; rule of law; transparency; higher education; body journal; Coronavirus; corporal identity; narratives; pandemic; parenthood; clan; academic taboo; Sweden; state; postcolonialism; research methods; disparity; disaggregating data; Asian Americans; disability; mental health; model minority myth; free inquiry; censorship; conformity; moral panics; witch hunts; heresy; gender mainstreaming; Lehrfreiheit; university autonomy; UNESCO
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Some social issues and practices have become dangerous areas for academics to research and write about. 'Academic freedom' is increasingly constrained, not just by long established 'normal' factors (territoriality, power differentials, competition, protectionism), but also by the...