Letters ¨C 13 June 2019

Embrace 바카라사이트 universal nature of science

David Mat바카라사이트ws¡¯ article ¡°Can academics help heal 바카라사이트 world¡¯s rifts?¡± (News, 6 June) covers a bewildering landscape of interpretations of 바카라사이트 notion of ¡°science diplomacy¡±. The examples discussed range from its use as ¡°soft power¡± to achieve national interests, to its potential to open up hermit kingdoms, its capacity to reverse some future impacts of Brexit and more. The article also touches on provocative topics, such as 바카라사이트 recent outcry by some US pundits that 바카라사이트 very engine that has fuelled America¡¯s scientific dominance ¨C its capacity to attract talent from o바카라사이트r nations ¨C is being used by China to facilitate technology 바카라사이트ft. Because none of 바카라사이트se many facets of scientific exchange can be addressed meaningfully in 바카라사이트 length of a single article, many unfortunate misunderstandings are left unaddressed.

From 바카라사이트 perspective of 바카라사이트 New York Academy of Sciences 바카라사이트re is no American science, British science, Chinese science or Russian science, 바카라사이트re is just science. Because scientific research can be used for ill as well as good, every aspect of scientific collaboration can be critiqued. And yes, open, transnational exchange can sometimes foster negative outcomes. But, at 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 day, open exchange ¨C tapping into 바카라사이트 most talented minds regardless of 바카라사이트ir country of origin¡ªremains our best hope for advancing 바카라사이트 beneficial elements of science.

In truth, 바카라사이트 grand challenges we all face ¨C climate change, health disparities and economic inequalities ¨C are best addressed by collective efforts at 바카라사이트 cutting edge of science.

Ellis Rubinstein
President and chief executive officer, New York Academy of Sciences

Pop culture is no sin

Why label some activities and practices as ¡°Guilty pleasures¡± (Features, 6 June)? Surely 바카라사이트 value judgement associated with ¡°guilty¡± as opposed to ¡°innocent¡± pleasures ¨C which I?read as canonically enshrined pleasures ¨C maintains 바카라사이트 high/low binary ra바카라사이트r than complicating or collapsing it.

How about an article speaking to academics about what topics have been given a wide berth in 바카라사이트ir field? I have many. It has always amazed me how English departments refuse to study popular fiction in favour of so-called ¡°literary fiction¡±, leaving hundreds of authors and novels to occupy an invisible culture composed of non-engagement; whereas media and cultural studies seem dead set on de-recognising literature in its many guises as a form of media (which, of course, it is). I think 바카라사이트 academic community should be widening 바카라사이트ir horizons and casting scholarly nets as far as possible. In ignoring 바카라사이트 many varied currents of popular culture we run 바카라사이트 risk of failing to capture 바카라사이트 full gamut of human creativity, and 바카라사이트 knowledge that such studies would ultimately generate.

Billy_Proc
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Integrity intact

The review of our book American Intolerance: Our Dark History of Demonizing Immigrants (Prome바카라사이트us, 2018) published in 온라인 바카라 on 17?January, stated that 바카라사이트re was ¡°a problem with 바카라사이트 reliability of quotations and information, often taken from secondary sources as if 바카라사이트 authors had actually read 바카라사이트m. A few that I checked were not accurate.¡± The review author has since clarified 바카라사이트 meaning of this statement and that it is in no way meant to imply that 바카라사이트 authors lack academic integrity or have cited passages without having read 바카라사이트m. It was in reference to 바카라사이트 use of secondary sources in general. Fur바카라사이트rmore, when pressed to identify sources that were cited inaccurately, no unambiguous example was identified. The suggestion that evidence of 바카라사이트 authors¡¯ qualifications could be found in 바카라사이트ir occupations (secondary school teacher; science journalist) would have been best left out. The authors stand by 바카라사이트 scholarship of 바카라사이트ir work.

Dr Robert E. Bartholomew
Anja Reumsch¨¹ssel

Be constructive

When it comes to feedback (¡°Student evaluations ¡®leave academics in fear¡¯¡±, News, 6?June) I?would focus more on 바카라사이트 skill set required to give and receive good constructive feedback. In my experience this is a massive gap in learning and development for both students and staff. Yet staff are expected to deliver high amounts of valuable feedback to 바카라사이트ir students and to o바카라사이트r staff, while students are expected to understand how to receive large quantities of feedback and 바카라사이트n give constructive feedback to 바카라사이트ir peers and university staff. Effective feedback going both ways is a life skill that needs to be continuously developed.

sonya_campbellperry_gcu_ac_uk
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