Pasts, presents and futures of critical publishing
(2021) In Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organization 21(4). p.1-21- Abstract
- In this 20-year anniversary editorial of ephemera, we discuss independent publishing by situating it in a changing academic landscape – one scarred by despair but also leavened by hope. Twenty years ago, the goal of publishing an open access peer-reviewed journal was a radical political gesture in itself. Today, the model of open access publishing has been appropriated, hollowed out, and commodified. This requires ephemera to reassess what it means to be an open access journal. We then discuss how theory is central to ephemera, raising questions about what theory is, how it is done, and by whom. This is followed by a reflection on how the journal is run and administered by the editorial collective – a topic that speaks directly to the... (More)
- In this 20-year anniversary editorial of ephemera, we discuss independent publishing by situating it in a changing academic landscape – one scarred by despair but also leavened by hope. Twenty years ago, the goal of publishing an open access peer-reviewed journal was a radical political gesture in itself. Today, the model of open access publishing has been appropriated, hollowed out, and commodified. This requires ephemera to reassess what it means to be an open access journal. We then discuss how theory is central to ephemera, raising questions about what theory is, how it is done, and by whom. This is followed by a reflection on how the journal is run and administered by the editorial collective – a topic that speaks directly to the theme of ‘theory and politics in organization’. Finally, we consider the relationships and boundaries between independent publishing and political activism. (Less)
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- contributor
- Chertkovskaya, Ekaterina LU
- author collaboration
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- hope, critical publishing, collectivity, alternatives, community
- in
- Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organization
- volume
- 21
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 1 - 21
- publisher
- www.ephemerajournal.org
- ISSN
- 1473-2866
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- e3a2e241-cbbe-4e52-9181-433a5a5ab5f7
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- http://ephemerajournal.org/contribution/pasts-presents-and-futures-critical-publishing
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title = {{Pasts, presents and futures of critical publishing}},
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volume = {{21}},
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