@incollection{fdi:010098020, title = {{T}owards a collective introduction}, author = {{A}rvanitis, {R}igas and {B}acolla, {N}. and {B}asu, {C}. and {D}ufoix, {S}. and {K}eim, {W}. and {K}lein, {S}. and {O}larte, {M}.{N}. and {M}edina, {L}.{R}. and {R}uvituso, {C}. and {S}aalmann, {G}. and {S}chlechtriemen, {T}. and {V}essuri, {H}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}his {H}andbook deals with the circulation of a specific type of knowledge, namely academic knowledge, produced in specific institutions dedicated to research and teaching. {T}he meaning of academic knowledge has been subject to historical changes throughout time. {K}nowledge is profoundly relational. {A}cademic knowledge is collectively produced through methodological procedures embedded in scholarly disciplines. {I}ts circulation is a precondition for academic knowledge production. {S}peaking of circulation, rather than diffusion or transfer, is to insist on the possibility of reciprocities, competition and socialisation in different social spaces. {I}n its simplest understanding, pieces of academic knowledge move from one place to another, from one person to another, within a given time frame. {I}n more complex forms, knowledge, places and people are transformed during the process of circulation. {W}hat remains stable or changes cannot be decided theoretically but has to be empirically studied. {T}his is what the different sections and chapters of this handbook endeavour to undertake.}, keywords = {}, booktitle = {{R}outledge handbook of academic knowledge circulation}, numero = {}, pages = {1--24}, address = {{L}ondres ({GBR}) ; {N}ew {Y}ork}, publisher = {{R}outledge}, series = {}, year = {2023}, DOI = {10.4324/9781003290650-1}, ISBN = {978-1-03-226951-1 }, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010098020}, }