<div dir="auto">d'accord, David!<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Saluts!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Myrna</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 17:14 David Balosa via Edling <<a href="mailto:edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu">edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear Amel,<div>Thank you for your prompt reaction to my answer or comment to your question. I also like the comment made by Myrna about the way the academic world and everything else works today or in the age of what I call econotechnocracy!. Myrna's comment makes me think about what it means "to stay local" today in the time where the world is openly divided into power struggle in the age of BRICS and G7 or the Global North and the Global South?</div><div>I wonder how this divide is affecting us in academia. Should we stop looking at the model Western Universities versus non-western universities but develop a new mindset in regard to our contribution to academia. I think we are living in a very difficult age, an age of " a global power restructure crisis" . This crisis affects all sectors of life (including academia). We may start looking at other worlds such as Latin America, Asia, and Africa as well.</div><div><br></div><div>I Understand the sad consequences of the symbolic violence and the reality created by colonialism. Success, excellence, and prestige are associated with the Western world. More money, better technology, superior quality of life . Probably by exercising hope, patience, courage, the spirit of sacrifice, and joy in what we are possibly doing, better day may surprise us.. </div><div>How can one persevere in research and academia without resources-- money, technology (publishers), etc? Here again, comes the notion of <i>econotechnocracy</i>!!! </div><div><br></div><div>Yes, dear Amel, c'est vraiment compliqué ce monde! il faut regarder ou tenter ses chances à travers "les mondes" - c'est -à -dire partout où c'est peut être possible.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 6:28 PM Myrna Goldstein via Edling <<a href="mailto:edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">You're not the only one, Dr. Amel.</div><div dir="auto">After I received my MATESL in the U.S., I searched for eight years for a Ph.D. program that would accept me and my research. Nobody even answered any letters.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Unfortunately, this is the way of the world.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I would stay as local as possible if I were you. Do your work because you are passionate about it.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sincerely,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Myrna</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 14 Jun 2023 at 16:47 David Balosa via Edling <<a href="mailto:edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 7:55 AM mostari hind via Edling <<a href="mailto:edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" dir="auto"><div><div style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:16px"><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Dear List members, </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I am an Algerian scholar, full professor of linguistics and language dynamics ; with considerable record of academic international publications .</div><div dir="ltr">I would like to know why is it mission impossible for an African internationally recognized scholar to find a remote position in a university or be accepted in a visiting professor program located in the western world? </div><div dir="ltr"> I am looking forward to hearing your comments, suggestions and some tips .</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Best,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Amel </div><div dir="ltr">Algeria </div><div><div style="font-family:"new times",serif;font-size:16px"><div><br></div></div></div></div><img src="https://email-signature-image.com/signature.gif?u=1429507&e=376375999&v=212b23202c62d944e33337808340743d3102549ca73c504c1fb7a8a7ec0ab9b1" alt="" width="0" height="0" style="width:2px;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden"></div><br>
Dear Amel, I would be specific and say an African scholar located in Africa! They way you put it sound like there are no African visitors or full professors with your credentials in Western Universities.</blockquote><div dir="auto">Second, I think there are many factors to take into account (1) the visiting or full professorship has become almost impossible mission within the western universities for the Western citizens or scholars themselves. Position cut, départements closing, econotechnocracy phenomenon!</div><div dir="auto">(2) Some African scholars located in African have been denied visa entries in some western countries for political or bilateral no existing relations with the inviting countries.</div><div dir="auto">(3) we live in the age of econotechnocracy, it is no longer academic credentials that matter nor political competence and better qualities, but economic and technological power! Most professors of your prominence will tell you that it has become almost mission impossible to find an assistant professor position for new ph.D. not because of any discriminatory attitudes or mindset but NO MONEY! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As you may know Professors in Western Universities have also the responsibility to go after money / grant writing for their departments, most departments are also politicized!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It is just a phenomenon of sociopolitical and intellectual global order degradation! Those African, Asian, and western Universities that are doing well thanks to the money inherited from donations and their governance subsidies, have to run that money with strict management recommendations! </div><div dir="auto">It is tough everywhere my brother! Only Hope and self-fulfillment mindset can help one keeps the joy and courage required to prosper and actively contribute in academia today!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">David Balosa</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" dir="auto"><br>
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