A Quote by danah boyd
Give me one other part of history where everybody shows up to the same social space. Fragmentation is a more natural state of being.
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Clearly, one does not have to give up being an academic, retreat from rigorous research, or renounce the importance of specialization in order to address major social issues. I don't think you give up theoretical rigor by writing in a way that addresses major social concerns and is at the same time accessible to wider informed general audiences.
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