Manchester ‘helping police inquiry’ into masturbation paper

The autoethnography masturbation outcry strikes a chord in music

The wider issues raised by the scandal can be particularly acute in the work of academic practitioners in cultural fields, says Ian Pace

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Masturbation journal paper exposes deeper problems in research

Karl Andersson’s ‘appallingly bad’ paper has exposed the insanity of ethnography’s turn towards introspection and other postmodern research methods that place little value on objectivity, says William Matthews

By William Matthews

19 August

Manchester quizzed over funding of masturbation paper author

Karl Andersson has long attracted controversy over his interest in sexually suggestive images of teenage boys, so did university investigate this?

By Jack Grove

16 August

Journal takes down masturbation paper after outrage

Sage says it is continuing to investigate article in which doctoral candidate chronicles how he ‘enjoyed’ provocative cartoon images of boys

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#1 Submitted by langtonian on September 7, 2022 - 9:59pm

Commenting just to say that, if there is now a police investigation, the comment facility on this and related stories should really be suspended pending the outcome of that investigation.

Manchester ‘helping police inquiry’ into masturbation paper

Vice-president Nalin Thakkar says inconsistencies regarding PhD student’s article have been flagged with police as MP condemns ‘genuinely disgusting’ research

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Manchester ‘helping police inquiry’ into masturbation paper

Vice-president Nalin Thakkar says inconsistencies regarding PhD student’s article have been flagged with police as MP condemns ‘genuinely disgusting’ research

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