The Labor of Academic Journals: Or, Is Anyone Going to Read This?

Eero Laine; Michelle Liu Carriger

doi:10.5325/reception.15.1.0059

The Labor of Academic Journals: Or, Is Anyone Going to Read This?

Eero Laine
, Michelle Liu Carriger

Theatre and Dance

University of California at Los Angeles

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Abstract

In the arts and humanities, reading is both an obligation and an indulgence—on the one hand, reading another article or book chapter when you should be writing is the height of procrastination; on the other, reading is a fundamental prerequisite to knowing the field, situating oneself in it, and completing responsible research.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	59-63
Number of pages	5
Journal	Reception: Texts, Readers, Audiences, History
Volume	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5325/reception.15.1.0059
State	Published - 2023

Keywords

editing
journals
performance
reading
theatre

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