The Monetisation and Capitalism in Academic Publication.

The Monetisation and Capitalism in Academic Publication.

I had a great discuss with Dr BrendaPoku a research fellow at the University of Nottingham, Godfred_Amankwa of @CDDManchester & Global Development Institute and Christian Fishcer of Water Science Policy and Oxenu on what an academic journal is, the politics, frustrations, monetisation and capitalism in its publication and the way forward. #openaccess

Social Constructivism and the experiences of people living with Sickle Cell Disease

We will be exploring Dr Brenda Poku's famous journal article Body as a Machine" https://bit.ly/BodyAsaMachine1 [https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flnkd.in%2FdNXpQmk%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR39ifgr-yVvtZKWXBPlsciLEz_OAIqxl9_Dwe8nNsaowHhfCazLMU31CmE&h=AT0Kimf6XwGeJrAmZkYRQYcBRuvJfySv2eqvWHFS32iovNHnwijU04T78ljYrEJvZbyVBh7hyk84xr4gqL0e8cpR8Arq3CjrqCvzpvjjuAUTpyXwbaixRfHtQFMopD5xswz2CEhimA&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT0gmWiIIj3HybhcBYXXu7EqnmtKGLdACXflfHaUmglHh7UY3HV6D7NrbB6jirY9dWr2eomb0v0bDoh7-STwwuRKZVSrccuuUtLbcsDi-5R36h8w5D3L5r778vUzdHzpc4TaD9JX1SOiqCwkqTDDQ2hxbu7ChqQRIRiPFrmtSVv7x_u2Fmd-OcN-opK1S1qU25c9rg] which provides a summary but a deeper understanding of Social Constructivism and further provide some amazing research findings on how social constructs influence the experiences of young people living with Sickle Cell Disease.  Dr Brenda Poku, PhD (Our Main Guest) is a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Nottingham and an Alumnus of The University of Manchester. She is very passionate about the impact of social & human behaviours on healthcare delivery, especially to people living with Sickle Cell Disease.

Environmentalism - Who Destroyed It, Who should fix it, how should it be fixed and who should pay for the fix

It's been acclaimed that the Globe is #warming [https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/warming?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUGqaEMCJfz3VVdren9n8TPwdngzBk26SVKbsZ6BEDOY2CMxibA7_6CC-1jxp7Lxopuihnh9m0skIodCzYaX4jXlYPpfSKrzHpTbBgEUcfT5lt3Ten0uBfs4sbdlk4dkqQpIZ9cVrIVGwxvQ4x-AIZS885rMA22Q_XcpD0yAOEInw&__tn__=*NK-R] & #climate [https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/climate?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUGqaEMCJfz3VVdren9n8TPwdngzBk26SVKbsZ6BEDOY2CMxibA7_6CC-1jxp7Lxopuihnh9m0skIodCzYaX4jXlYPpfSKrzHpTbBgEUcfT5lt3Ten0uBfs4sbdlk4dkqQpIZ9cVrIVGwxvQ4x-AIZS885rMA22Q_XcpD0yAOEInw&__tn__=*NK-R] changing. But the question is who & how was it caused? Who should fix it & how? who should pay for it?

Left Wing, Right Wing Ideologies - Is it the cause or the world's troubles?

Global #Politics [https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/politics?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUTHqjK1hVmBZV7TnecHuOiu9TQA6LbmdHyNBoTE-gc_9TK52QkZj9cEYyd9kXeguS9_nbEt0IXrRzmhHQdunuBzGMJGrYNgPUmNdR8ffvU7jArzCglvyS-3sttlx84YsrKsNPeLEQq49UM87Nk7mo8K05UDYVWn8gN_KnisreQ5w&__tn__=*NK-R] is currently driven by ideologies which are in the shades of #socialism [https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/socialism?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUTHqjK1hVmBZV7TnecHuOiu9TQA6LbmdHyNBoTE-gc_9TK52QkZj9cEYyd9kXeguS9_nbEt0IXrRzmhHQdunuBzGMJGrYNgPUmNdR8ffvU7jArzCglvyS-3sttlx84YsrKsNPeLEQq49UM87Nk7mo8K05UDYVWn8gN_KnisreQ5w&__tn__=*NK-R] or #capitalism [https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/capitalism?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUTHqjK1hVmBZV7TnecHuOiu9TQA6LbmdHyNBoTE-gc_9TK52QkZj9cEYyd9kXeguS9_nbEt0IXrRzmhHQdunuBzGMJGrYNgPUmNdR8ffvU7jArzCglvyS-3sttlx84YsrKsNPeLEQq49UM87Nk7mo8K05UDYVWn8gN_KnisreQ5w&__tn__=*NK-R]. To what extent has ideology-driven politics contributed to the current problems of the world? Do we need reform?

Does Technology Enhance Human Communication or Makes it worse

There is no doubt that #technology [https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/technology?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWHMhsYQKtlNmTcfbLU_Kq3XBeNkhXf5VxZMI1rT5TzblHcGKbObNEGD_XdtYtSMuXf1_eCwDs1ZpByzclsO0PCIrwAEt0Id5LlXn1R27gKDiJCTMsmO4Fm91vuwiMiQf5tstx7B_EBHvU5l4uATTw4jqDTWFGOf5TlZMcBuzIECA&__tn__=*NK-R] has brought an enhancement in communication. However, whether this has positively impacted human #communication [https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/communication?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWHMhsYQKtlNmTcfbLU_Kq3XBeNkhXf5VxZMI1rT5TzblHcGKbObNEGD_XdtYtSMuXf1_eCwDs1ZpByzclsO0PCIrwAEt0Id5LlXn1R27gKDiJCTMsmO4Fm91vuwiMiQf5tstx7B_EBHvU5l4uATTw4jqDTWFGOf5TlZMcBuzIECA&__tn__=*NK-R] still remains a puzzle