Cuts destroy, hurt, kill : a critical metaphor analysis of the response of UK academics to the UK overseas aid budget funding cuts
Cuts destroy, hurt, kill : a critical metaphor analysis of the response of UK academics to the UK overseas aid budget funding cuts
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削减破坏、伤害、杀戮：英国学者对英国海外援助预算资金削减反应的批判性隐喻分析
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10.1080/17447143.2021.2024838
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发表时间：
2022
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Imperiale M
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Imperiale M
在本文中，我们分析了英国学术界对英国政府决定削减国际发展研究经费作为海外援助预算削减的一部分的反应，该决定于2021年3月开始实施。这一决定影响并将对任何涉及英国和国际合作伙伴的研究项目产生长期影响，特别是在全球南方背景下。我们使用批判性隐喻分析（CMA）来分析2021年3月11日至2021年4月30日期间英国学者为回应削减公告而写的新闻、博客和采访。我们确定了以下隐喻：切割是一个实体；削减是一种威胁，削减是疾病，削减是暴力；另外，另一方面，研究是一种健康，研究是一种旅程，研究是一种联系。英国学者使用了“痛苦习语”，这是一种文化表达，通常是隐喻性的，人们通过它来表达痛苦。因此，我们的贡献是三重的。首先，我们认为所使用的隐喻具有说服力和评价性的目的和功能。其次，我们为CMA和“痛苦习语”之间的跨学科研究开辟了一个空间。第三，我们警告说，英国政府和负责任的机构机构需要恢复与国际发展领域的全球学术研究界的沟通和信任。
In this article, we analyse the response of UK academics to the UK government decision to cut international development research funding as part of the overseas aid budget reduction, undertaken in March 2021. This decision affects and will have long-lasting effects on any research project involving the UK and international partners, particularly in Global South contexts. We use Critical Metaphor Analysis (CMA) to analyse news, blogs, interviews that UK-based academics wrote in response to the cuts announcement, from 11 March 2021 to 30 April 2021. We identified the following metaphors: CUTS ARE AN ENTITY; CUTS ARE A THREAT, CUTS ARE ILLNESS, CUTS ARE VIOLENCE; plus, on the other hand, RESEARCH IS HEALTH, RESEARCH IS A JOURNEY, RESEARCH IS CONNECTION. UK academics have used ‘idioms of distress’, which are cultural expressions, often metaphorical, through which people articulate distress. Therefore, our contribution is threefold. First, we suggest that the metaphors used have a persuasive and evaluative aim and function. Second, we open up a space for an interdisciplinarity between CMA and ‘idioms of distress’. Third, we warn about the need for the UK government and responsible institutional bodies to restore communication and trust with the global academic research community in International Development.