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Scenario

When academic partners compete over intersecting cultural studies

My research partner and I discovered that our supposedly separate studies of Native American trickster figures and African American signifying traditions have massive overlap, but instead of being excited about the connections, we're now in a weird territorial dispute about whose work is more 'legitimate.'

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two researchers are allowing ego and institutional pressure to override the collaborative spirit that their subject matter embodies.

Your guide for this
Nas
Nas works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The fool tradition across cultures?”

Peri

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