Western-centricity in Academia:
Most international academic journals are produced in Europe and the United States, and whether or not they are considered objective and inclusive forums for worldwide academic research, they are subtly imbued with elements of their own culture. First of all, the language, is, in most cases, English...
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Most international academic journals are produced in Europe and the United States, and whether or not they are considered objective and inclusive forums for worldwide academic research, they are subtly imbued with elements of their own culture. First of all, the language, is, in most cases, English, but not Outer Circle Englishes or English as a Lingua Franca, but specifically British and/or American English. And this obviously creates a big barrier for authors who are not fluent in these varieties, which partly explains the dearth of authors coming from areas outside Europe and, more specifically, the United Kingdom and North America. After the language itself, the problem lies in all the western cultural elements that are found in the journals. The dates, for example, are always expressed in western terms such as the Christian era. Or the names of the authors in the references, which follow the western convention of the surname followed by the first name/s (or initials), which is at odds with the patronymic systems normally used in Muslim countries where no family names exist, for example. This paper discusses these issues and tries to offer some possible solutions.
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| spelling | doaj.art-85d01348c73c44b480a21dd9b6afc4e22023-10-16T04:20:45ZengULAB PressCrossings2071-11072958-31792022-06-0113110.59817/cjes.v13i1.17Western-centricity in Academia:Paolo Coluzzi0Associate Professor, Department of Asian and European Languages, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia Most international academic journals are produced in Europe and the United States, and whether or not they are considered objective and inclusive forums for worldwide academic research, they are subtly imbued with elements of their own culture. First of all, the language, is, in most cases, English, but not Outer Circle Englishes or English as a Lingua Franca, but specifically British and/or American English. And this obviously creates a big barrier for authors who are not fluent in these varieties, which partly explains the dearth of authors coming from areas outside Europe and, more specifically, the United Kingdom and North America. After the language itself, the problem lies in all the western cultural elements that are found in the journals. The dates, for example, are always expressed in western terms such as the Christian era. Or the names of the authors in the references, which follow the western convention of the surname followed by the first name/s (or initials), which is at odds with the patronymic systems normally used in Muslim countries where no family names exist, for example. This paper discusses these issues and tries to offer some possible solutions. https://journals.ulab.edu.bd/index.php/crossings/article/view/17academic journals,English as a lingua franca,Esperanto,eurocentrism,western-centricity |
| spellingShingle | Paolo Coluzzi Western-centricity in Academia: Crossings academic journals, English as a lingua franca, Esperanto, eurocentrism, western-centricity |
| title | Western-centricity in Academia: |
| title_full | Western-centricity in Academia: |
| title_fullStr | Western-centricity in Academia: |
| title_full_unstemmed | Western-centricity in Academia: |
| title_short | Western-centricity in Academia: |
| title_sort | western centricity in academia |
| topic | academic journals, English as a lingua franca, Esperanto, eurocentrism, western-centricity |
| url | https://journals.ulab.edu.bd/index.php/crossings/article/view/17 |
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