1 juin 2013
Public engagement: 'difficulty is what academics deal in'
As 10 'New Generation Thinkers' are unveiled, Shahidha Bari discusses the mixed blessing of being a 'media academic'. Two years ago my face was on the front page of the Guardian. It must have been a quiet news day, but as one of the 10 academics selected by the BBC and Arts and Humanities Research Council as 'New Generation Thinkers', it felt like the start of something exciting.Recruited "to communicate our research to a wider audience", our faces were scrubbed and hopeful as a Guardian photographer prodded us into place at Broadcasting House. Three years later, as a new batch of NGTs are announced in what is now an annual 'academic talent contest', I wonder if they know quite what they're in for. Read more...
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