Today’s episode critiques the current academic publishing model, asserting it prioritises extraction and prestige over accessibility and public good. The author of the source article, Dr. Jaime Hoerricks, argues that this system gatekeeps knowledge and fails researchers, reviewers, and the public by locking essential information behind paywalls and requiring unpaid labor. Instead, Dr. Hoerricks proposes that alternative, decentralised knowledge production—exemplified by The AutSide, a grassroots archive of open-access, needs-based writing—already exists and effectively serves communities outside institutional academia. She emphasises that real-world impact and trust, rather than traditional academic metrics, should define the value and legitimacy of knowledge dissemination.
Here’s the link to the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/we-already-did-the-work-a-response
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