Abstract:This viewpoint reflects on challenges that emerge when we who did not construct academic practices-and whom academic practices were not constructed for-strap on the absurd flippers and prepare to dive into the deep of the academe. Challenging the preferring of emotion-drained forms of expression within the academe, this text attempts to employ alternative writing methodologies while asking: What can academia encapsulate today? Do spaces for 'Otherness' exist, and are we employing our Otherness to bring forth c… Show more
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