| Título: | From Public Resource to Industry's Instrument: Reshaping the Production of Knowledge in Canada's Universities |
| Autores: | Polster, Claire; University of Regina |
| Fecha: | 1998-01-01 |
| Publicador: | Canadian Journal of Comumunication |
| Fuente: |
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| Tipo: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article research-article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
| Tema: | Communication |
| Descripción: | Abstract: The ongoing subordination of academic research to the needs of industry is a matter of growing concern to people both within and outside of Canada's universities. However, while the costs of university/industry links are increasingly well understood, the ways in which these links are being accomplished as a practical matter are not. This paper explores the complex reorganizational process in and through which control over our universities' research resources is being progressively ceded to industry. Its main focus is on how recent federal activities related to academic research both contribute and respond to this transformation. The analysis reveals how the benefits and use of our universities' research resources are being privatized, while the costs of academic research are still largely borne by the Canadian public. The implications of the new politics of university research, particularly for strategies to resist the conversion of academic research from a public resource to industry's private instrument, are addressed in the paper's final section. Résumé: La subordination continue de la recherche académique aux besoins de l'industrie est une question de plus en plus préoccupante, autant pour ceux au sein des universités canadiennes qu'à l'extérieur de celles-ci. Or, bien que nous soyons de plus en plus conscients du coût de tels rapports entre université et industrie, nous ne comprenons pas comment en pratique on est en train d'exploiter ces rapports. Cet article explore le processus complexe de réorganisation qui nous mène à céder à l'industrie le contrôle des ressources de recherche universitaires. L'objectif principal de cet article est d'examiner comment des activités fédérales récentes se rapportant à la recherche académique contribuent et répondent à cette transformation. L'analyse révèle comment on est en train de privatiser les bénéfices et l'utilisation des ressources de recherche universitaires, en même temps que le public canadien continue en grande partie à subventionner cette recherche. Les implications des nouvelles politiques sur la recherche universitaire, particulièrement en ce qui regarde la conversion de la recherche académique d'une ressource publique en instrument privé de l'industrie, sont adressées dans la section finale de cet article. |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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