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Archives: Social sciences

Guest Post: Richard Fisher on The Monograph: Keep On Keepin’ On*, Part Two

In Part Two, Richard Fisher looks at the past, the present and the future of monograph publishing in the humanities and social sciences.

  • By Richard Fisher
  • Nov 16, 2015
  • 7 Comments

Guest Post: Richard Fisher on The Monograph: Keep On Keepin’ On*, Part One

Richard Fisher looks at the past, the present and the future of monograph publishing in the humanities and social sciences.

  • By Richard Fisher
  • Nov 10, 2015
  • 8 Comments

The 1% Infographic Animation — An Exercise in the Slow Shock of Reality

A new infographic presentation shows just how effectively a story can be told around data. It also reveals how divergent perceptions, ideals, and reality can be.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Mar 8, 2013
  • 12 Comments

The Historians Are Revolting — Leading History Journal Editors Take on the Research Councils UK

A group of history editors in the UK publish an open letter stating they will not comply with aspects of the RCUK mandates for OA. What can we learn from this?

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Jan 9, 2013
  • 26 Comments

What Is a Hipster?

What are hipsters? And what do they have to do with liver disease? A charming and interesting video will tell you all about it.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • May 11, 2012
  • 0 Comments

The Power of Language, the Choice to Share Ideas Widely, and Why Humans Have Prospered

A bizarre evolutionary scenario gave us the most powerful tool nature has ever created.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Aug 4, 2011
  • 1 Comment

Morality and Economics: Is a Trapdoor Opening Beneath Open Access?

With the economic benefits of open access open to reinterpretation, will the moral benefits prove sufficient to withstand the coming scrutiny? And will it all begin a race to the bottom?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jan 12, 2011
  • 25 Comments

Clay Shirky on Generosity, Erotic Novels, Civics, Lolcats, and Scholarly Journals

The cognitive surplus of our age is being unleashed. This video discusses some of the side-effects and trends that will shape our futures.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jul 16, 2010
  • 1 Comment

Mapping Facebook — How Our Cultures Are Revealed Through Social Networking

How the US appears through Facebook. Do you live in Stayathomia or Socalistan?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Feb 10, 2010
  • 1 Comment

What’s Wrong with Memory?

We are all susceptible to believing false and implausible events claims leading memory researcher at Council of Science Editor’s Annual Meeting.

  • By Phil Davis
  • May 6, 2009
  • 1 Comment

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