AW: Language barriers --- financial barriers

[franco at RZ.UNI-LEIPZIG.DE]

Let me assure you that I have no private battle with Prof. Slaje, nor  
with the Glasenapp Foundation, and that I consider the ?Kleine  
Schriften? series extremely useful, irrespectively of the question  
whether it was established according to Glasenapp?s wishes or not. It  
would be a good idea to establish similar series in other countries as  
well.
It is touching to see how whenever Prof. Slaje is involved in a debate  
Dr. Gruenendahl comes to his rescue.
Best wishes
EF





Quoting "Gruenendahl, Reinhold" <gruenen at SUB.UNI-GOETTINGEN.DE>:

> On 9 Mar 2009 at 13:16, victor van Bijlert wrote:
>
>> It seems this forum is being used to wage private battles. Perhaps the
>
>> moderator should discourage this type of discussions. They do not belong in
>
>> a forum that is allegedly devoted to discussing purely academic questions
> in
>
>> the field of Indology.
>
>> Victor van Bijlert
>
> I freely admit that this debate is quite a challenge for me. Actually my
> difficulties already started with the term "barriers". According to the OED,
> a barrier is something "to prevent access". Is it to be assumed, then, that
> some indologists publish(ed) in, say, German in order to prevent access to
> the results of their research?
>
> I also admit my profound ignorance of any number of languages that might be
> useful for my work. But it never occurred to me to see this as "a fence or
> obstruction erected [by someone else] to bar [my] advance" (roughly what the
> OED says). It is entirely up to me to learn these languages, and should I
> choose to ignore the material published in them, it is my sole
> responsibility. No tales of domination to be spun here!
>
> Victor van Bijlert could have voiced his concern way back when the debate
> turned to finance - hardly "purely academic questions". He didn't. And
> neither he nor any member of the committee intervene when Eli Franco started
> to spread rumors about the Helmuth von Glasenapp-Stiftung, although they
> could hardly be called "well-considered" (as the INDOLOGY rules have it). So
> far he doesn't even seem to have considered the possibility that the reaction
> he provoked might have something to do with his behaviour.
>
> It is still a mystery to me how the debate was steered into the direction of
> the Helmuth von Glasenapp-Stiftung, and I cannot see who expects to gain from
> this, except in terms of attention - undeserved attention, in my view. I
> would have wished for a little more gratitude and respect (if that isn't a
> forbidden word) for a foundation that has been of invaluable service to many
> scholars over decades. May it be an example for others.
>
> Reinhold Grünendahl
>
>
> ________________________________________________
>
> Dr. Reinhold Gruenendahl
> Niedersaechsische Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek
> Fachreferat sued- und suedostasiatische Philologien
> (Dept. of Indology)
>
> 37070 Goettingen, Germany
> Tel (+49) (0)5 51 / 39 52 83
>
> gruenen at sub.uni-goettingen.de
>
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> In English:
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>
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