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Sadie Plant in //Introducing Postfeminism//.

http://www.progressive-economics.ca/2011/01/20/do-academic-journals-matter-any-more/

"...many academic journals only participate on-line through a payment wall... [charging] a preposterous fee... This seems odd as the whole point of academic papers is supposed to be advancing the state of knowledge and getting your own ideas as widespread as possible." Lee's most interesting general claim, in terms of my present project is that "...there is a shortage of research that takes empirical observations as the basis for theory." I aim throughout my thesis work to unsettle comfortable ideological positions whenever i have found either strong arguments or empirical research findings that challenge them. I believe Joseph Heath's philosophical work is exemplary in this regard.

Lee concludes: "Academic journals need to rethink how they work to be more relevant and responsive in a world where blogs and websites allow users a rich array of research. There is a place for peer review to set a higher standard of scholarship and this is an obvious niche for journals. But first, tear down that wall and let the sun shine in."

I hope this website will be considered to possess some of the virtues that Lee praises in online resources.

http://www.thevalve.org/go/valve/article/on_the_future_of_academic_publishing_peer_review_and_tenure_requirements_or/

"Latham—to knowing nods in the audience—joked about how some professors who favor print journals somehow ignore the fact that most of the print journals’ readers these days are online, through various consortiums that make the journals available electronically. 'If we read something through Project Muse, **are we supposed to feel better because somewhere there is a print copy?**' he asked."

and on the importance of the "monograph"...