{"id":45702,"date":"2018-10-19T13:22:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T20:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.edu\/?p=45702"},"modified":"2018-10-19T13:22:09","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T20:22:09","slug":"education-and-irony-academics-need-to-have-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/education-and-irony-academics-need-to-have-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Education and irony: academics need to have fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/studentfun.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"340\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/studentfun.jpg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/studentfun-250x125.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><br \/>\n<span>Contrary to what some might think, academics are not just experts without humour and disconnected from the real world.\u00a0They can also be humorous, and some of them use it to communicate better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In November 2015, the British magazine\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Times Higher Education<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0has\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.com\/news\/why-did-chicken-cross-road-public-engagement-course\"><span>reported that<\/span><\/a><span>archaeologists Zoo Nottingham University hired a stand-up comedian to transmit more easily to the general public the results of their research on &#8220;interactions between men and hens &#8220;.\u00a0Even though the\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Times Higher Education<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0had fun, the goal of the researchers was mainly to prove that the interactions between men and chickens were a very serious subject.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Using humour to generate visibility on the search is less ridiculous than it first appears.\u00a0Involving the public is the new fantasy of the academic world and academics all over the world are increasingly forced to\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-impact-of-impact-on-the-ref-35636\"><span>show the &#8220;impact&#8221;<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0of their work.\u00a0A growing number of academics are beginning to realize the potential of comedy to deliver research results that are sometimes difficult to decipher.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span><strong>When academics go on stage< <\/strong>\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span>In 2010,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/blog\/2010\/nov\/04\/laugh-learn-science-bright-club\"><span>two communication specialists at<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0University College London created the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightclub.org\/\"><span>Bright Club<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0, a club where &#8220;researchers become actors for one night&#8221;.\u00a0The success of the formula &#8211; each show features a mix of comedians and researchers &#8211; has resulted in the creation of similar experiences across the UK.<\/span><br \/>\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tEBfCyJdG9A\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span>One of the founders of the Bright Club, Steve Cross,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceshowoff.org\/\"><span>created Science Showoff<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0, a &#8220;cabaret crazy for science lover&#8221;.\u00a0It hosts all kinds of shows including stand-up comedy, and encourages academics to participate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It would be easy to make fun of the Bright Club and its amateur actors, who are trying to escape the monotony of the academic world for one night.\u00a0But good stand-up comedians are able to make a dream come true for any social scientist: having an audience to talk to.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span><strong>Humor as a tool<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span>As an anthropologist, Kat Fox\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.co.uk\/books\/about\/Watching_the_English_The_International_B.html?id=fKtvAgAAQBAJ&amp;source=kp_cover&amp;redir_esc=y\"><span>says,<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;At best &#8230; social science can sometimes be as enlightening as a good stand-up comedy.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Humour can be used to question social norms, or talk about social injustices.\u00a0For example, what better way to explain a class system than to say, &#8220;What do you do to discriminate against people like you?&#8221; &#8211; according to actress\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boreme.com\/posting.php?id=32551#.Vq-AOdKLS72\"><span>Reginald D. Hunter&#8217;s<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0definition\u00a0.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But humour in the social sciences and humanities is not only intended to challenge the public and illuminate the gloomy life of the average academic.\u00a0Humour also has an important role to play as a tool of analysis, and it would be a mistake to overlook it because it is central to everyone&#8217;s life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Humour has not only been neglected by researchers in the humanities, it is mostly rejected.\u00a0Being a &#8220;funny academic&#8221; seems to be an unacceptable oxymoron and those who use humour in their daily work take the risk of not being taken seriously, or being perceived as trivial people.\u00a0Even\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sociology.about.com\/od\/Profiles\/p\/Erving-Goffman.htm\"><span>Erving Goffman<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0, one of the leading experts in the humanities XX\u00a0<\/span><sup><span>th<\/span><\/sup><span>\u00a0century, is viewed with suspicion in some circles for its &#8220;sparkling&#8221; humorous prose.\u00a0Many could agree with his way of describing himself as an &#8220;elegant bluffer&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span><strong>Nothing better than irony<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span>Goffman&#8217;s techniques are based on irony.\u00a0By reversing the accepted ideas and contradictions that shape our deepest convictions, irony has the potential to unveil new theoretical mechanisms.\u00a0It can be used as an analytical tool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The taste of irony can be a critical factor for any social scientist.\u00a0He emphasizes the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.econlib.org\/library\/Enc\/UnintendedConsequences.html\"><span>&#8220;law of unintended consequences&#8221;<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0which states that &#8220;the action of anyone &#8211; and especially the government &#8211; always has an effect that will be unexpected or unforeseen&#8221;.\u00a0It has been stated that by eminent thinkers (among whom Adam Smith, Karl Marx and Machiavelli) that humour is the most important phenomenon in the social sciences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The irony also goes hand in hand with the concept of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/kbjournal.org\/long_tending\"><span>&#8220;planned incongruity&#8221;<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0in which, through a deliberately induced incongruity, the apparent rational is undermined to re-emerge in the form of irony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For example, the American economist\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Thorstein-Veblen\"><span>Thorstein Veblen&#8217;s<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0idea of\u00a0&#8220;trained disability&#8221; &#8211; in the sense that a person&#8217;s specialization can actually expand the spectrum of his ignorance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ironically, it is certain, produces the induced pleasure of a comical situation and the latter can be related to two key principles.\u00a0That of &#8220;great contrast&#8221; and that of &#8220;law of irony&#8221;.\u00a0The principle of great contrast says that a sum of incongruous ideas will provide a proportional pleasure for the reader or the listener.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For its part, the law of irony stipulates that an ironic statement combines strong contrast and good fall potential.\u00a0The result is more theoretical.\u00a0For example, the paradox of utopia declaring that a utopia, if its goal is achieved, could\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.co.uk\/books?id=RCXxEumXFhUC\"><span>lead to a disaster<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>By combining these two ideas, we can see that the greatest pleasure is derived from the greatest incongruity, which also gives the most theoretical results.\u00a0This produces the unexpected &#8211; so ironic &#8211; result that the greatest sociological discoveries are those with the best comic potential.\u00a0In other words &#8230; the funniest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Author Bios: <\/strong>Cate Watson is a Professor in Professional Education and Leadership, School of Social Sciences at the University of Stirling and Ioannis Costas Batlle is a PhD Researcher in Education at the University of Bath<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to what some might think, academics are not just experts without humour and disconnected from the real world.\u00a0They can also be humorous, and some of them use it to communicate better. 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