tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647966782809031279.post6722739674898363778..comments2024-03-07T20:05:33.349+00:00Comments on Urban policy and practice: Professor Stefan Grimm is not our martyrDr Peter Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06308785385644187726noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647966782809031279.post-42021284876089100902016-06-02T08:10:39.754+01:002016-06-02T08:10:39.754+01:00Dr Matthews - Thank you for making such important ...Dr Matthews - Thank you for making such important points about suicide. So many of us have way too much experience of mental health issues. <br />I found your post after I attended a seminar yesterday by @lizmorrish (of http://academicirregularities.wordpress.com/ ). I had not even heard of Prof Grimm and his name was only mentioned once, certainly no-one 'made use of' his case. Thus I got to googling. <br />Sadly there is, it seems to me, much other evidence to draw upon, without needing to refer to Prof Grimm, relating to the effects of what I will call for shorthand, the problems inherent in the neo-liberal university system. <br />May I further observe that while you are concerned with 'oversimplification' I fear you have also oversimplified your own argument by conflating the 'many' who 'make use of' Prof Grimm AND those who 'vilify Britain First' for similar, but not the same, discourses. I wonder if a decent bit of qualitative work would show that the object, ethics and motives of the two groups are generally different. I doubt it would get funded.<br />Finally, I note that there is a wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Grimm that you may wish to help with?Mike Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08446783588359525606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647966782809031279.post-52563907636150147592015-11-08T19:24:02.945+00:002015-11-08T19:24:02.945+00:00A spot on blog post. I heard the case quoted in a ...A spot on blog post. I heard the case quoted in a (otherwise excellent) debate on gender in academia the other day & thought 'but that's not the issue here'. Suicide is always a complex, multifaceted decision and to make Prof. Grimm almost a 'poster boy' for the rebellion against poor academic working conditions does a disservice to every element.Liz Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02087690131388133392noreply@blogger.com