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

Karly Burch (), Mascha Gugganig (), Julie Guthman (), Emily Reisman (), Matt Comi (), Samara Brock (), Barkha Kagliwal (), Susanne Freidberg (), Patrick Baur (), Cornelius Heimstädt (), Sarah Ruth Sippel (), Kelsey Speakman (), Sarah Marquis (), Lucía Argüelles (), Charlotte Biltekoff (), Garrett Broad (), Kelly Bronson (), Hilary Faxon (), Xaq Frohlich (), Ritwick Ghosh (), Saul Halfon (), Katharine Legun () and Sarah J. Martin ()
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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
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

Agriculture and Human Values, 2023, vol. 40, issue 3, No 12, 959 pages

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Intellectual communities; communities of practice; academic writing; science and technology studies (STS); agri-food (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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