ch-ch-ch-ch-changes...look out you [ critical theorists ]

[alice malice]

The New Academic Celebrity

That was academic stardom then. Today, we are more likely to bestow
the aura and perks of stardom on speakers at "ideas" conferences like
TED, which held its 30th-anniversary gathering last month, in
Vancouver.

http://chronicle.com/article/The-New-Academic-Celebrity/145845/
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