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Knowledge is a form of objectivation. It involves the positing of objects in the world. Viewed from this angle, the contemporary research university is an object producer. But how well does it do this? The paper reflects on the conditions under which intellectual object production occurs.
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Murphy, P. (2013). Beautiful Minds and Ugly Buildings. In: Peters, M.A., Besley, T. (eds) The Creative University. Creative Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-245-7_3
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