| | ipedia.com: Academia Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | Academic societies served both as a forum to present and publish academic work, the role now served by academic publishing, and as a means to sponsor research and support academics, a role they still serve. |
| | However, given that among practitioners there is a perception of academic insularity, it may increase the value and impact of the academian's studies and or opinion if she takes that insularity into account when discussing or offering criticism of a practitioner or a practice in general. |
| | Closely related to academic publishing is the practice of bringing a number of intellectuals in a field to give talks on a paper they have written, often allowing for a wider audience to be exposed to their ideas. |
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