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Note that I wasn't responding to the issue in the article, but OP's statement about armchair humanities work. I'd generally agree that the level of work done by
by tarboreus 8y ago
Note that I wasn't responding to the issue in the article, but OP's statement about armchair humanities work. I'd generally agree that the level of work done by the average humanities grad could probably be done from an armchair by someone not trained as a humanities major. I work in the humanities and decreasing support for this kind of work is a reality, related to but not 100% connected to the decline discussed in the article. Adjunctification is one cause.
- rpiguy 8y agoI agree self-learning/armchair is not the same, it’s not necessarily inferior, but it is very different and you don’t engage in the kind of ancillary activities you would in a program. And yes the TA/Adjunct professor situation in the US is terrible. The original purpose of adjuncts were to evaluate academics for future positions, find the right fit for your department. Today those future positions aren’t there in most cases they are just cheap labor.