[CITASA] CRCP, CRAC, CROF

[manjeet chaturvedi]

as Elizabeth Pullen says, we must avoid larger than life words.

Dr.Manjeet Chaturvedi
Professor and Chair,
Department of Sociology
(Sociology & Social Work),
Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi
India

--- On Fri, 1/9/09, Elizabeth Pullen <epullen at drew.edu> wrote:

From: Elizabeth Pullen <epullen at drew.edu>
Subject: Re: [CITASA] CRCP, CRAC, CROF
To: "Barry Wellman" <wellman at chass.utoronto.ca>, "Joe Karaganis" <karaganis at ssrc.org>, "Brenda E Brasher" <bbrasher at tulane.edu>
Cc: citasa at list.citasa.org
Date: Friday, January 9, 2009, 12:24 AM



I appreciate your explanation the basis of these awards.
 
I see the value in acknowledging ground-breaking work or overall contributions to the field, but I would just like to discourage phrases like "agent of change" (or, God forbid, "thought leader") in the descriptions as vague & lofty attributions like these are currently much ridiculed in online social communities. 
 
Likewise the descriptive titles technologist, expert, guru, evangelist. maven, strategist, futurist, influencer, or visionary should be avoided, if at all possible. There must be more concrete ways of describing the value of someone's work and promotion of the discipline.
 
Elizabeth Pullen
Drew University
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