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Cultivating intellectual community in academia: reflections from the Science and Technology Studies Food and Agriculture Network (STSFAN)

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  • Karly Burch

    (University of Auckland)

  • Mascha Gugganig

    (University of Munich)

  • Julie Guthman

    (University of California)

  • Emily Reisman

    (University at Buffalo)

  • Matt Comi

    (National Farm Medicine Center at Marshfield Clinic Research Institute)

  • Samara Brock

    (Yale University)

  • Barkha Kagliwal

    (Cornell University)

  • Susanne Freidberg

    (Dartmouth College)

  • Patrick Baur

    (University of Rhode Island)

  • Cornelius Heimstädt

    (MINES Paris - PSL / CNRS)

  • Sarah Ruth Sippel

    (University of Münster)

  • Kelsey Speakman

    (York University)

  • Sarah Marquis

    (University of Ottawa)

  • Lucía Argüelles

    (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)

  • Charlotte Biltekoff

    (University of California)

  • Garrett Broad

    (Rowan University)

  • Kelly Bronson

    (University of Ottawa)

  • Hilary Faxon

    (University of Montana
    University of Copenhagen)

  • Xaq Frohlich

    (Auburn University)

  • Ritwick Ghosh

    (Arizona State University)

  • Saul Halfon

    (Virginia Tech)

  • Katharine Legun

    (Wageningen University)

  • Sarah J. Martin

    (Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador)

Abstract

Scholarship flourishes in inclusive environments where open deliberations and generative feedback expand both individual and collective thinking. Many researchers, however, have limited access to such settings, and most conventional academic conferences fall short of promises to provide them. We have written this Field Report to share our methods for cultivating a vibrant intellectual community within the Science and Technology Studies Food and Agriculture Network (STSFAN). This is paired with insights from 21 network members on aspects that have allowed STSFAN to thrive, even amid a global pandemic. Our hope is that these insights will encourage others to cultivate their own intellectual communities, where they too can receive the support they need to deepen their scholarship and strengthen their intellectual relationships.

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  • Karly Burch & Mascha Gugganig & Julie Guthman & Emily Reisman & Matt Comi & Samara Brock & Barkha Kagliwal & Susanne Freidberg & Patrick Baur & Cornelius Heimstädt & Sarah Ruth Sippel & Kelsey Speakma, 2023. "Cultivating intellectual community in academia: reflections from the Science and Technology Studies Food and Agriculture Network (STSFAN)," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 40(3), pages 951-959, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:agrhuv:v:40:y:2023:i:3:d:10.1007_s10460-023-10439-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s10460-023-10439-1
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