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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Colleagues, </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>I
do not want to begin the discussion anew. But why add the word journal?
After all it is clear that this is a journal. Or can we say something like
Writings in the Edu-factory? Or, Writings in the Global Edu-Factory? This should
be enough, and we need not have the suffix, this would then be unneccesary,
also remove the traces of pedantism, which is so characteristic of the world of
education! But I shall understand the various constraints and viewpoints, and
shall be happy with whatever is decided. / RS</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Professor Ranabir Samaddar<BR>Director, Mahanirban
Calcutta Research Group<BR>GC 45 (First Floor), Sector 3, Salt Lake<BR>Kolkata
700106, India<BR>Ph: + 91-33-23370408<BR>Fax: + 91-33-23371523<BR>E-mail: <A
href="mailto:ranabir@mcrg.ac.in">ranabir@mcrg.ac.in</A>; <A
href="mailto:mcrg@mcrg.ac.in">mcrg@mcrg.ac.in</A><BR>Web: <A
href="http://www.mcrg.ac.in">www.mcrg.ac.in</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 02, 2009 2:52
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> <editorial board>
Contribution to the discussion</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000
size=4 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Greetings to all edu-factory friends on New Year's
Day, <BR> We are writing to
contribute our thoughts to the discussion concerning the edu-factory project.
<BR> As for the title, we agree that
"Edu-factory" should appear in the title but we also think that "edu-factory
journal" would make it clear that the intention will not be to produce an
occasional commentary on universities and knowledge production (which is the
expectation that "Edu-factory Notes"
evokes).<BR> As for the subtitle,
"Conflicts and Transformation in the University" we think is a bit too precise
and institutional but "Conflicts and Transformation in Knowledge Production"
is too vague. Combining precision and vagueness might be best, "Conflicts and
Transformation in Universities and Knowledge
Production."<BR> We recognize
the problems noted by Ned Rossiter concerning the way that the editorial board
can get caught up in contradictory desires. He raises important issues, but we
have an even more elementary issue to pose: what are our rules concerning
decision-making? Is it unanimity or majority or somewhere in between or none
of the above? <BR> As for the
zero issue: We agree that the notion of "double crisis" is appropriate (and
therefore the language of crisis be retained), i.e., the crisis within the
universities should be connected with the crisis of the broader economy. There
should be an effort to bring together struggles from around the planet and
show how they reflect, shape, and resist the crisis. We offer to collect
material from African universities and solicit articles on the subject (how
much we can do depends on the deadline).
<BR> We look forward to working with
you all in the New Year!<BR>Best, <BR>Silvia and
George<BR> </FONT><FONT face=Geneva
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