Dress Codes and the Academic Conference: McCulloch's Iron Laws of Conferences

Autor/in	McCulloch, Alistair
Titel	Dress Codes and the Academic Conference: McCulloch's Iron Laws of Conferences
Quelle	In: Australian Universities' Review, 60 (2018) 1, S.50-53 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0818-8068
Schlagwörter	Participant Observation; Conferences (Gatherings); Dress Codes; Writing for Publication; Periodicals; Educational Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Kleiderordnung; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung
Abstract	Despite being a staple of academic life (or perhaps because it is so taken-for-granted), the academic conference has been generally under-utilised as a site for academic research. Using participant observation as its methodology, this article draws on a long career of conference attendance to present two iron laws of conferences which address the relative smartness of dress of conference convenors and conference delegates. The social processes underpinning the sartorial phenomenon addressed by these laws are explicated. A third law is also introduced in a desperate attempt on the part of the author to secure the immortality sought by all who make their thoughts public by publishing them in academic journals. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01