Thoughts on academic life (7)- “Projecilik”—When Funding Becomes the Product

Episode 7: “Projecilik”—When Funding Becomes the Product I was recently at an academic conference when a colleague introduced herself: “I’m working on a TÜBİTAK-funded project on digital literacy.” Not “I’m researching digital literacy.” Not “I’m studying how social media affects learning.” No—the funded project itself was the primary credential, the opening gambit, the thing most … Read more

A religious populist sues @allah (cc) at Twitter and its 200 thousand followers. News in ENG and TR from Turkish cybersphere…

Yandex.Turkey Reaches 100K Daily User Audience Benchmark from Yahoo news ISTANBUL — Yandex’s user audience in Turkey has been growing steadily since launch and recently exceeded 100,000 unique visitors per day, according to the company’s web stats tool Yandex.Metrica. Yandex .. @allah (cc) – Criminal Complaint about 200,000 Twitter Users from Bianet :: English TV … Read more

Ali Nesin vs. TÜBİTAK hikayesinin Ali Nesin’in kaleminden bir özeti…

Giderek pehlivan tefrikalarina donusen TUBITAK?la Matematik Koyu arasindaki sorunlarla ilgilenenlere…   Onceki bolumlerin ozeti: 1.             Sorumlu yaziisleri muduru oldugum Matematik Dunyasi dergisinin (bes ay gecikmeyle) Mayis 2009?da cikan 2008-IV sayisinda, TUBITAK?in Bilim ve Teknik dergisinde yasanan Darwin skandalini hicveden bir karikatur yayimladim (bkz. http://www.matematikdunyasi.org/images/kapaklar/2008-IV.jpg). 2.       Bu tarihten sonra TUBITAK?a sundugumuz 16 … Read more