(Kid) Gloves On or Off? Academic Conflict in Research Articles Across the Disciplines

espanolEl estudio interdisciplinar que se presenta en este articulo continua en la linea de recientes investigaciones del conflicto academico. Examinamos articulos de investigacion de seis disciplinas distintas. De los datos obtenidos, desarrollamos una taxonomia de las estrategias retoricas que emplean los autores en estos campos para expresar el conflicto academico, incluyendo el concepto de mediacion del “redactor” en la expresion de la critica. La aplicacion de esta taxonomia mostro que disciplinas con contactos fuera de la comunidad academica normalmente evitaban o mitigaban la critica, pero por otro lado no se pudo establecer ninguna otra correlacion. Sugerimos que sucesivas investigaciones deberian aplicar un enfoque mas cualitativo y tener mas en cuenta la recepcion EnglishThe interdisciplinary study of academic conflict (AC) presented in this paper expands on a growing body of research. We examined research articles from six distinct disciplines. From the data obtained, we developed a taxonomy of the rhetorical strategies used by the writers in these fields, expanding on earlier work by introducing the concept of writer mediation. The application of this taxonomy to the disciplines showed that those with extra-mural ties were more likely to avoid or mitigate AC, but few other correlations were discernible. It is suggested that future research on AC should take a qualitative approach and that more attention should be paid to reception