Survey Results

Censorship

This survey received 14 responses from 6 countries: Australia, Brazil, Norway, Serbia, United Kingdom

Question 1 asked Does you country have a history of censoring academic materials? If so, was this censorship:

minimal 9
moderate 3
strict 2
very strict 0

Question 2 asked Does your country presently censor academic materials?

yes 9
no 5

Question 3 asked If so, how would you describe this censorship?

minimal 9
strict 2
moderate 1
very strict 0

Question 4 asked How has previous or ongoing censorship affected instruction in your institution?

This was a free-response question. Responses said:

  • Brazil had a military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985. So it has "a history of censoring academic materials", but it is difficult to qualify it according the scale suggested above. (Brazil)
  • Brazil had a military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985. So it has "a history of censoring academic materials", but it is difficult to qualify it according the scale suggested above. (Brazil)
  • We have the know the border lines, there is so much to be discussed and taught, that we can avoid the other side of the border and instruct students to develop their thinking and analysis. ()
  • We have the know the border lines, there is so much to be discussed and taught, that we can avoid the other side of the border and instruct students to develop their thinking and analysis. ()
  • Censorship in Australia does not exist as such, but it does happen indirectly by pressuring or harassment of academics who write about contentious matters, such as climate change. The harassment is mostly from hard right individuals and organisations. The government only intervenes in matters that they think pose a threat to national security - even in cases where publishing the information is in the public interest. (Australia)
  • Censorship in Australia does not exist as such, but it does happen indirectly by pressuring or harassment of academics who write about contentious matters, such as climate change. The harassment is mostly from hard right individuals and organisations. The government only intervenes in matters that they think pose a threat to national security - even in cases where publishing the information is in the public interest. (Australia)
  • Censorship in Australia does not exist as such, but it does happen indirectly by pressuring or harassment of academics who write about contentious matters, such as climate change. The harassment is mostly from hard right individuals and organisations. The government only intervenes in matters that they think pose a threat to national security - even in cases where publishing the information 9by an academic whistle blower) is in the public interest. (Australia)
  • Censorship in Australia does not exist as such, but it does happen indirectly by pressuring or harassment of academics who write about contentious matters, such as climate change. The harassment is mostly from hard right individuals and organisations. The government only intervenes in matters that they think pose a threat to national security - even in cases where publishing the information 9by an academic whistle blower) is in the public interest. (Australia)
  • Censorship in Australia happen indirectly by harassment of academics who write about contentious matters. Harassment is mostly from hard right individuals or organisations. The government only intervenes when they see a threat to 'national security' - even where publishing the information 9by an academic whistle blower) is in the public interest. (Australia)
  • Censorship in Australia happen indirectly by harassment of academics who write about contentious matters. Harassment is mostly from hard right individuals or organisations. The government only intervenes when they see a threat to 'national security' - even where publishing the information 9by an academic whistle blower) is in the public interest. (Australia)
  • It has not. (Serbia)
  • It has not. ()
  • The main problem here seems to be self-cencorship, due to a polarized and academic public debate on certain topics (Norway)
  • It has affected how our research relates to the curriculum (United Kingdom)

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