But there's an extractiveness to univ. research: an aerial gaze, a helicopter mentality, a deficit in the skills (& sense of proportion) needed to maintain relationships, to see that as an essential part of the work, for its ethical AND ALSO epistemic virtues.

Also extractive: unpaid???

Wary.

How that work is spoken of can influence its success and visibility. Which inclines me to pull up a chair and help ensure that academic manuscripts about harm reduction aren't belittling anyone, compounding erasure, or making false claims about the efficacy of current, "official" systems.

There's a busyness to "knowledge production" but this stuff really, really matters. More inclined to sit and breathe about it than edit manuscripts. When we talk community health policy and programming, yes we're talking grassroots, but that doesn't contradict that we are talking about governance...

Would i love it? Oh yes. I miss the glee and flow of publishing and feel aligned with the journal topic. It would be genuinely fun.

h o w e v e r 🧐

Am i really willing to do a few hours weekly of unpaid work? Is that a good use of my time, proportional to the likely benefits? Is that ethical??