I joked about my #newyearsresolution a few days ago, but jokes aside, I do have a real #resolution and I think it is worth sharing.
So here it is: my 2023 #newyearsresolution is to become a #renaissanceProf. What do I mean by that? The 1960s, 70s, and 80s were a slower time with objectively lower expectations for professors. Classes were smaller and so were budgets. The pace of publishing was more manageable and overall people seemed to engage in more deep though, synthesis, and reflection.
The hectic pace and toxic productivity of #academia has transformed the professoriate into manic information capitalists.
I was reading #PollutionIsColonialism by @maxliboiron and encountered the concept of extractive reading, which really resonated. I want to sit with texts, not mine them for valuable nuggets. I want to build good relations with my students, mentors and research partners. I want to lay deep, thoughtful academic roots. I want to spend more time lifting people up than climbing to the summit of some achievement mountain. I want to focus on the parts of the job that nourish me.
@girls_can @maxliboiron is this a take on the slow professor idea?
@jjvenky @maxliboiron I a very Alanis Morissette take on irony, I always wanted to read the #slowprofessor by Seeber and Berg, but I never had the time 🤷🏻♀️ In an example of my problem that is too fitting, I skimmed the reviews and assume it’s supportive of my thesis 🤣😂😅
@girls_can now if I had the time 😆 I'd like to dig into this paper:
"Priorities for synthesis research in ecology and environmental science" https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.4342
@girls_can @maxliboiron 👨🏽🍳😘🤌🏽