Revolution Humanities

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1. Complete change from one constitution to another

2. Modification of an existing constitution Aristotle – philosopher

An effort to transform the political institutions and the justifications for political authority in society, accompanied by formal or informal mass mobilization and non-institutionalized actions that undermine authorities

Jack Goldstone – political scientist

… involve inquiry into consciousness, values, ideas, and

ideals as they seek to describe how experience shape our

understanding of the world.

A hallmark of humanistic study is that research is approached differently than in the natural and social sciences, where data and hard evidence are required to draw conclusions. Because the human experience cannot be adequately captured by facts and figures alone, humanities research employs methods that are historical, interpretive and analytical in nature.

(Can big data tools and related methods help the humanities achieve a more scientific understanding of human nature?)

Revolution in the HumanitiesA contradiction in terms?

Humanities researchers

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Extracts from Stanford’s Humanities Center website :

Humanities research often involves an individual professor researching in a library in order to write a book.

A scholar might publish research in-progress in an on-line journal to solicit feedback from others in her field.

Whether written for a small academic community or for a broad public audience, humanities research maintains the common purpose of contributing to an on-going dialogue in an area of study. Unlike scientists, humanists are interested in raising questions, rather then providing absolute answers.

Humanities research … often requires alternative methods of investigation. A research project may involve several professors from different universities sharing information in an on-line forum. A professor may collaborate with a colleague in another area of study to gain alternative perspectives on a topic.

(accessed Oct 4th 2014)

Humanities culture:

•Writing books is more prestigious

•Fear that others will steal your ideas/arguments

•Rely on formal (traditional) publication systems

•Paying to publish open access? No money - and no vanity publishing, thanks!

•Uninterested in the dissemination imperative inherent in the university mission

•Tradition of sharing one’s ideas only inside a closed circle of peers – for the sake of the argument rather than the common good

WHY?

Books have traditionally been the stairs leading to tenure, promotion, higher salaries and reduced teaching loads.

Traditional publishers “help” protect copyright. Prestigious publishers are held to be guarantors of quality content.

No sense of potential audiences or interest in cross-disciplinary projects leading to societal impact.

Because faculty rewards and funding are exclusively tied to publication in the traditional journal and monograph vehicles.Humanities have less funding than the sciences.

•Billions of dollars are spent on scientific research every year; only a fraction of that on humanities-based scholarship. “•Paying for publication? Vanity publishing!

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The OA movement - A revolution?

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Advent of the Internet Librarians’ frustration over

subscription prices Publishers as copyright holders

questioned – as well as profit Persistent and well founded OA

advocacy OA publishers association OA requirements from funders OA funding from funding agencies Globalization and democracy issues

(the digital divide) From dinner conversations in the

ivory tower to societal impactNow: OA – but of course ...

Revolution Humanities

Utrecht October 2014

1. Complete change from one constitution to another

2. Modification of an existing constitution Aristotle – philosopher

An effort to transform the political institutions and the justifications for political authority in society, accompanied by formal or informal mass mobilization and non-institutionalized actions that undermine authorities

Jack Goldstone – political scientist

… involve inquiry into consciousness, values, ideas, and

ideals as they seek to describe how experience shape our

understanding of the world.

A hallmark of humanistic study is that research is approached differently than in the natural and social sciences, where data and hard evidence are required to draw conclusions. Because the human experience cannot be adequately captured by facts and figures alone, humanities research employs methods that are historical, interpretive and analytical in nature.

Can big data tools and related methods help the humanities achieve a more scientific understanding of human nature?

Revolution in the HumanitiesA contradiction in terms?

29 September 201417 June and 7 August 2014

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OA in the humanities – stage 1

“THE QUALITY OF HOW GOOD THE REPUTATION OF SOMETHING OR SOMEONE IS, HOW FAVOURABLY

SOMETHING OR SOMEONE IS REGARDED. OXFORD HAS A UNIVERSITY OF VERY

HIGH PRESTIGE.”

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Prestige! – can it be built with sustaining finances?

Co-Action Publishing

Humanities – Humanities elements

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Ethics & Global Politics2008

Journal of Aesthetics & Culture2009

Vulnerable Groups & Inclusion2010

Nordic Journal of ChildLit Aesthetics2010

Education Inquiry2013

European Journal of Psychotraumatology2010

Medical Education Online2010

Int J Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-being2010

Socioaffective Neuroscience & Psychology2011

Co-Action PublishingBusiness models for humanities journals

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Journal Funding APC Special issues(externally paid for)

Ethics & Global PoliticsLaunched 2008

Swedish Research Council (from start)Univ. support (2012-14)

No, but if ... No

Journal of Aesthetics & CultureLaunched 2009

Swedish Research Council (from start) plus 5 Nordic universities (2013 - )

No, but if ... Yes

Vulnerable Groups & Inclusion Launched 2010

Swedish Research Council (2012 and 2013)/Norwegian Research Council (2013), Univ. support (2011-12)

Yes, from 2013 Yes

Nordic Journal of ChildLit AestheticsLaunched 2010

Norwegian Institute of Children’s Books (journal owner)

No Yes

Education InquiryLaunched 2013 (2010)

Umeå University (from start)

No No

Co-Action PublishingBusiness models

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Journal Funding APC Special issues(externally paid for)

Eur Journal of PsychotraumatologyLaunched 2010

From Society (ESTSS) 2010 – 2014NWO (3 years) and DFG (3 years)

Yes – selfsustainable as from 2015

Yes

Medical Education OnlineLaunched 2010 (1996)

None YesIntroduced 2010APC increase from $600 (2010) to $1175 (2014)

No (not yet)

Int J Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-beingLaunched 2010 (2006)

VR (Swedish Research Council) and Halmstad univ.

YesIntroduced 2010APC increase from €500 (2010) to €900 (2014)

No (not yet)

Socioaffective Neuroscience & PsychologyLaunched 2011

None Yes – but currently suspended to attract submissions

No (not yet)

New journals (while building prestige)

Established journals (with some prestige)

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Support from research council Support from institute or society

owning jnl Support from universities, linked

to jnl or editors APCs from authors with OA fund

at his/her university, or with funding requiring OA

Special issues – externally funded (e.g. Conference proceedings, thematic clusters w funder etc)

Low editors’ remuneration, if any Low profit expectations – both

editor, owner and publisher

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APCs APCs - and support from institute

or society owning jnl (may be faded out)

APCs - and Support from universities, linked to jnl or editors (may be faded out)

APCs - and Special issues – externally funded (Conference proceedings, thematic clusters w funder etc)

Higher editors’ remuneration, if any

Reasonable profit expectations – both editor, owner and publisher

Conclusions

Financed from the startA business model that may work for humanities OA journals

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The British AcademyApril 2014

Some key conclusions of the study:

• Gold OA is unlikely to play much of a role in HSS disciplines, Green OA is much more feasible

…

•Readers want access to the Version of Record (VoR) for papers, rather than the Author’s Accepted Manuscript (AAM), and because Green OA compliance is so haphazard. Papers are scattered, hard to find, and because of low compliance, often unavailable, which makes subscriptions necessary.

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Be patient, persuasive, pragmatic and persistent!

Thank you!

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