Let’s wander through the fields for a bit. I’ll document what field building appears like to the person experiencing the building. I’ll start with basic beliefs about communities, then get specific about the experience, talk problems, and end on solutions. Communities Communities are defined by their knowledge. Knowledge communities, those that create new knowledge are especially sensitive to who decides what is considered knowledge and what is not. New scientific knowledge communities always start off quite rebellious. That’s the spirit of science. It’s about telling truth to power. It’s about contesting authority. Sure, you may believe something, but here are reasons to the contrary. And then infrastructure shows up and frames, shapes, and sometimes, strangles that community. Journal editors and university[…]