Adventures in Predatory Publishing

Thu, 24 Oct 2019 15:00:00 BST

Dr. Lisa Wynn reflects on the open access movement that has spawned hundreds of new journals. These spam academics with invitations to pay to publish and are often “predatory publishers", i.e. open-access journals without proper peer review. A number of academics have tested the boundaries of this new publishing world by submitting, and sometimes publishing, ridiculous articles.These jokes ultimately provoke new questions about the term "predator" and about the terrain of academic publishing.

'Researching Multilingually' in Sociology and Anthropology

Fri, 01 Aug 2014 11:53:00 BST

Dr Robert Gibb considers what sorts of issues are raised when more than one language is used in a sociological or anthropological research project.

Doing and Studying Pilgrimage

Mon, 01 Dec 2014 13:11:00 GMT

Dr Nicole Bourque writes about her experiences of ‘doing and studying pilgrimage’.

Talking About A Photo Of A Fire Truck

Mon, 03 Nov 2014 14:16:00 GMT

Dr Seumas Bates discusses his ethnographic encounters as data during his fieldwork in southern Louisiana.