I would be the last to say editors should not define the boundaries of what fits, and doesn't fit, into the pages of their journal. After all, that's what I do every day in OLDaily. But the editors of the British Educational Research Journal (BERJ) go further. "Journals are spaces of privilege, and editors occupy privileged positions. As editors we are faced with the challenge of acting as gatekeepers to the field." Well, no, no matter how benevolent the editors are in "seeking to encourage discussion that challenges boundaries, questions identity and considers scale." Journals - and journal editors - do not define the boundaries of a discipline. Indeed, we should be questioning the idea that disciplines have boundaries at all, and whether we would need the were it not for the limited space in traditional publications. Image: Quartz.
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