Go to http://www.johannes-angermuller.net download / télécharger / herunterladen Johannes Angermuller (2013): "How to become a philosopher. Academic discourse as a multi-levelled positioning practice", Sociología histórica 3: 263-289, http://revistas.um.es/sh/article/view/189011/155671 Abstract: In my contribution, I will present the power-knowledge approach to academic discourse. Drawing from poststructuralist and pragmatic developments in social theory, this model the practical challenge academic researchers have to meet in academic discourse: to secure a place in the social world of researchers. The researchers who participate in academic discourse typically need to straddle two types of positions: on the one hand they need to find their place among the many scientific communities, i.e. in the world of specialised knowledge. On the other hand, they need to be placed in a higher education institution with its status groups, hierarchies and bureaucratic rules, i.e. in the world of institutional power. If researchers want to occupy the most desirable positions in the academic field, they need to succeed in both worlds at the same time. While careers and strategies can differ widely between researchers, researchers engage in academic discourse as an ongoing, publication-based positioning practice in which symbolic positions need to be gradually turned into institutional positions. KEY WORDS: Higher education organisations, scientific communities, speech act theory, academic discourse, construction of academic excellence Attention! The electronic version of this text may differ from the paper publication. If you want to use this text, make sure to cite it appropriately. Attention! La version électronique de ce texte peut différer de la publication en papier. Si vous voulez utilisez ce texte, n'oubliez pas à le citer comme il faut. Achtung! Die elektronische Version dieses Texts kann sich von der Papierversion unterscheiden. Wenn Sie diesen Text benutzen wollen, vergessen Sie nicht, ihn zu zitieren.