Academia.edu has asked me to participate in a new Editor Program they are rolling out. Basically, as an "editor", I will be able to recommend papers on the site to everyone else in the field(s) the paper is tagged under. Notifications, then, will apparently go out into everyone in the relevant field, drawing attention to the recommended papers. Although I'm just starting out, it looks like it might be a great way to draw attention to papers that might otherwise be neglected. Some of the fields on the site, after all, have millions of subscribers!
Obviously, I'm not exactly sure how far my recommendations will go. However, one thing I'm hoping to do is help draw attention, in whatever small way I can, to papers by early-career philosophers. It can be hard to get one's work read and engaged with early in one's career, after all. So, while my plan is to recommend any and every paper I think might interest others, I also hope to make a point of featuring work by early-career people. We'll see how it goes!
In any case, because it's hard for me to follow everything that's uploaded to their site (this is, or so they told me, why they're introducing the program!), what I'd like to do is invite you–my fellow Cocooners–to recommend papers on the site that you think deserve more attention. You can either comment below (anonymously or under your own name), or alternatively, email me at marvan@ut.edu. Also, you may recommend anything. You can recommend old work, new work, whatever–and you can even recommend your own work. Although I can't promise I will recommend everything suggested, I will take all of the suggestions I receive seriously, check out the papers for myself, and go from there. Thanks in advance to everyone who helps out! 🙂
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