Authors :
Sujay Rao Mandavilli
Volume/Issue :
Volume 9 - 2024, Issue 1 - January
Google Scholar :
http://tinyurl.com/ytrdbnp7
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10495966
Abstract :
We begin this paper by providing a brief
definition of activism, carrying out a brief overview of
activism through the ages, and also present a review of the
different types of activism as carried out in different
geographies and segments of society. We also state why
activism is still sorely lacking in various fields in the
sciences to promote the cause of the sciences, and explain
why we need to step up the ante, and promote science
activism which can also be known as scientific activism, in
various subfields of science, and in science in general.
Even though some forms of activism manifested
themselves in various fields of the sciences, the idea is still
nascent, and in some circles, still a taboo. We also explain
and debate the various areas of scientific and scholarly
activity where this technique can be put to productive and
fruitful use, in the interests of rapid scientific progress. We
also discuss the various mechanisms through which this
can be made to happen and brought to fruition and its
logical conclusion, and discuss the different types of
possible change agents as well. We also explain how and
why this can lead to a much faster and a higher rate of
scientific progress, and lead to what we have all along
called “scientific progress at the speed of light”, and
reduce the gaps in a “multi-speed civilization". Needless
to say, this could in turn induce a ripple effect, and
promote faster societal and cultural change as well in all
walks of life.
We begin this paper by providing a brief
definition of activism, carrying out a brief overview of
activism through the ages, and also present a review of the
different types of activism as carried out in different
geographies and segments of society. We also state why
activism is still sorely lacking in various fields in the
sciences to promote the cause of the sciences, and explain
why we need to step up the ante, and promote science
activism which can also be known as scientific activism, in
various subfields of science, and in science in general.
Even though some forms of activism manifested
themselves in various fields of the sciences, the idea is still
nascent, and in some circles, still a taboo. We also explain
and debate the various areas of scientific and scholarly
activity where this technique can be put to productive and
fruitful use, in the interests of rapid scientific progress. We
also discuss the various mechanisms through which this
can be made to happen and brought to fruition and its
logical conclusion, and discuss the different types of
possible change agents as well. We also explain how and
why this can lead to a much faster and a higher rate of
scientific progress, and lead to what we have all along
called “scientific progress at the speed of light”, and
reduce the gaps in a “multi-speed civilization". Needless
to say, this could in turn induce a ripple effect, and
promote faster societal and cultural change as well in all
walks of life.
