democratization of coverage: university of venus
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We were GenX women in higher ed
Who were tired of being silenced
So, we decided to create our own space
A Global Space: Venus
We were writers
We were passionate
We had stories to tell
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The most typical pattern of discrimination is invisible and subtle.
It is not the case that women are actively excluded but that they are not invited to participate in what has traditionally been a male-dominated world.
They are forgotten, they are not seen, they are ignored.
Anamaria Dutceac Segesten› Lund, Sweden› Research Fellow
To be a professor of International Affairs means that I need to value the world as a classroom in my own work while extolling the virtues of study abroad for my students.
It is not enough for me to talk about the world "over there" in class--I have to show that my work "over there" is part of my everyday life "over here."
Denise Horn, › Boston, USA › Assistant Professor
Far from being a garden of pleasures of knowledge and thinking, academia is nowadays, in my perception, less about freedom and more about survival.
Not a liberal career, but a professional plan restricted and limited by the demands of the market, as with any other job, independent of the level of one’s education.
Ana Dinescu, › Berlin, Germany, › Recent PhD
Tenure is important not just because of academic freedom and job security, but also because it opens the door to other opportunities, opportunities that are unavailable to those who are not on the tenure-track.
The university that finally realizes this and acts on it will be in the forefront in reinventing higher education moving forward
Lee Skallerup Bessette› Kentucky, USA› Full-Time Instructor
Collaboration as opposed to competition, best practices possibly including networking, mentoring, listening, communicating, thinking creatively to draw out other people's good ideas and strengths, the ability to follow through and follow up.
Janine Utell
› Pennsylvania, USA
› Associate Professor and Incoming Chair
Academic libraries and librarians are desperate to stay relevant and be valued, and fairly powerless to do so on their own terms–in fact, almost all librarians share this plight.
We are marginal figures in the university landscape–mostly women in a feminized, poorly paid profession, mostly untenured…
Maybe we just haven’t figured out how best to resist.
Cathy Eisenhower› Washington, DC› Librarian
Online decolonization and daily exercises of online self-determination are ways of befriending Others by acknowledging them as our contemporaries regardless of the time zone they might be in.
Ernesto Priego› London, UK› Recent PhD
My decision, ultimately, was a financial one. When I needed a job and didn’t find one right away I applied for an adjunct position.
I didn’t feel comfortable with adjuncting because I knew what the working conditions would be like, but I figured an adjunct job was better than nothing.
But I quickly found out I couldn’t live on an adjunct’s pay.
Liana Silva› Missouri, USA› PhD Candidate
Focus on everyday life
Creating space for minority voices
Making subjectivity explicit
Changing coverage changes the conversation
Unlike other approaches to gender and social change, the ―new knowledge‖ produced by Muslim women intellectuals could be the foundation of the most far-reaching and meaningful social change in the Muslim world as well as a useful mechanism for norms internalization in Islamic social settings.
Riham Bahi, › Cairo, Egypt, › Assistant Professor of Political
Science
I find myself today—as a Gen Y Chinese Canadian female literary scholar approaching thirty—only capable of speaking to my family with a child’s vocabulary.
This language barrier entails more than just late-onset assimilation.
It entails a loss of family connections and intimacies.
It leaves me feeling lonely and isolated.
Malissa Phung› Hamilton, Canada› PhD Student
When the information pours in, there is one more essential thing to do and maybe it is even more important than getting new information.
That is to have the needed time to reflect on this updated information.
Itir Toksöz› Istanbul, Turkey› Assistant Professor and Vice
Dean
But I want an attitude shift. I want Registrars to be the new uber-geek, like the new breed of information-savvy librarians with tattoos.
Heather Alderfer› New Haven,CT, USA› Associate Registrar
Stories with relevance outside of higher education
Connections to the ―real world‖
Dismantling the Ivory Tower image
Broadening the audience
Creating new conversations
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