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New Metric System?
Measuring scholarly influence by citations made sense... once. Scott McLemee looks at the emerging alternatives.
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Philosophy in Tehran (and Beyond)
Protest against a UN-sponsored conference in Iran has a new tactic. Scott McLemee reports.
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At the Rendezvous of Victory
The C.L.R. James Library in London is being renamed. Scott McLemee wants to halt the vandalism.
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The Bookworm Turns
Will getting an e-reader change your life? Scott McLemee takes one step forward, two steps back....
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Surrendering to Tomorrow
Once, the e-book reader was a futuristic fantasy. Scott McLemee faces the ambivalence of living it out.
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Storytelling
There's big money in applied narratology! Scott McLemee finds out too late to benefit from the bubble.
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The Mild Torture Economy
Being a full-time human guinea pig is a service-sector job -- with needles. Scott McLemee looks at an ethnographic report.
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Arguing with Tony Judt
The late historian was provocative and courageous. Scott McLemee practices reader response criticism.