Organizers of a recent academic conference invited presenters to “de-center English as the de facto language” of academia.
Excellent plan. I recommend that, going forward, all academic treatises be written solely in emojis.
Organizers of a recent academic conference invited presenters to “de-center English as the de facto language” of academia.
Excellent plan. I recommend that, going forward, all academic treatises be written solely in emojis.
Fine, as long as the new de facto is something no one speaks. Maybe Latin or some other dead language.
Esperanto or Latin.
Or leave well enough alone.
You know, the multiplicity of languages, fracturing of knowledge, and scattering of cultures following construction of the Tower of Babel was meant to be a punishment from God, not something to which we aspire.
Liberal educators: The de facto perpetrators of Academentia.
We should de-center the metric system as the de facto system of measurement in science as well. It’s not like a unified system of communication is important or anything. And letting the free market decide what’s most useful for them? Well, that’s just insane.
Why stop at English? Language is too confining. All future academic presentations should be in the form of… Dance! Yes, with Jazz hands as well.
They’re adding sand to the gearbox.
Dear professors, if it ain’t broke…don’t fix it!