The Grievance Studies Affair

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Grievance_Studies_Affair
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf academic hoax
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Sokal Squared
gptkbp:endDate 2018
gptkbp:exposedBy gptkb:Wall_Street_Journal
October 2018
gptkbp:fieldsTargeted gender studies
cultural studies
queer theory
feminist studies
fat studies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Grievance Studies Affair
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Peter_Boghossian
gptkb:Helen_Pluckrose
James A. Lindsay
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage gptkb:BBC
gptkb:The_Atlantic
gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:The_Wall_Street_Journal
gptkbp:method submission of hoax papers to academic journals
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Hypatia
Dog Park Paper
Fat Studies
Gender, Place & Culture
Sexuality & Culture
gptkbp:numberOfPapersAccepted 7
gptkbp:numberOfPapersPublished 4
gptkbp:numberOfPapersSubmitted 20
gptkbp:purpose to expose perceived flaws in academic publishing in certain fields
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Alan_Sokal
Sokal Affair
gptkbp:result criticism from targeted fields
discussion on peer review process
widespread debate about academic rigor
gptkbp:startDate 2017
gptkbp:subjectOf documentaries
public debates
academic articles
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:James_Stephen_Lindsay
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7