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Scholarship as Conversation

  • Communities of scholars, researchers, or professionals engage in sustained discourse with new insights and discoveries occurring over time as a result of varied perspectives and interpretations.

picture of scholars sitting at a conference table, having a discussion

  • Scholars & professionals communicate primarily to advance research/knowledge in their given field

How do scholars communicate?

  • Letters, emails, conferences/seminars, published articles & books, etc. 
  • Published conversation such as articles & books are especially valuable as it is recoverable, which allows others to further research, and it is credible because it has been written (& sometimes reviewed) by experts in that field of study

picture of albert einstein, president franklin roosevelt, and a letter einstein wrote to roosevelt

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Information Literacy 101 Scholarship as Conversation Assignment

  1. Read the letters attached below & in a short essay, answer the following:
    1. How long did it take to have this conversation?
    2. What was the central topic?
    3. Were new ideas discussed?
    4. Were old ideas challenged?
    5. Did any authors change their opinions over the course of conversation?
    6. From the first letter to the last, how did the scholarly conversations taking place among all the authors have an impact on worldly affairs?