Do Scientists Need Mitigating Agents and Who is Responsible for Providing Them? Musings on Vučković and Sikimić’s ‘How to Fight Linguistic Injustice in Science’.

Journal Article · Wed Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 2023 · TBD

OSTI ID:1962322

Pronskikh, Vitaly Stanislavovich ^[1]

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1. Fermilab

The recent paper by Aleksandra Vučković and Vlasta Sikimić delves into an important issue for modern science and humanities fields: the linguistic privileges of native English speakers and perceived injustice toward non-native speakers when publishing research and participating in scientific events as well as the approaches to relieve the issue by introducing mitigating agents—scientists who will volunteer (or be assigned) to take on the task of solving the language problems of their colleagues. The authors touched upon a sensitive issue that resonates with numerous people far beyond the scientific context.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 1962322
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-PUB-23-072-AD; oai:inspirehep.net:2640291
• Journal Information: TBD, Journal Name: TBD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English