Through the Media Anthropology Network I’ve been introduced to a wealth of information on social networks, online communities, and the troubles encountered using such terms. I like the word “community” to describe a group of identifiable people with some common relationship – ala “anthropology”. But the term community is used to describe many things, and [...]
Archive for June, 2008
24 Jun
twitter me this, twitter me that
Except I don’t know many twits! Having given up my email logins to Twitter, I figured I’d get a similar conversion rate as I did on Facebook. Unfortunately that isn’t the case and I find myself surfing random peoples twitter feeds! Out of a couple hundred contacts, none of them use twitter (whereas when i [...]
23 Jun
things i need to think about [a five day plan]
The why/when/where/how of “formality” – why should we be formal, and when -> leads to discussion of “the need for informality and the need for formality in academics, in life, and in anthropology -> with a focus on accessible online publications (blog or journal or twitter or what not) Differences between online communities, and online [...]
18 Jun
Net neutrality video – “Humanity Lobotomy”
A popular video on Net Neutrality, bringing in the history of publishing and culture – “ (foureyedmonsters.com/neutrality) good to remember accessibility isn’t a given on the internet (even with OA publishing) – ala national censorship and corporate control. For more recent developments checkout the savetheinternet.com website and blog. Interestingly a lot of news is spreading [...]
17 Jun
new audiences, new participants, new ways of speaking
Over at Savage Minds theres an interesting discussion surrounding Tom Boellstorff’s ethnography, Coming of Age in Second Life. I’ve been looking at anthropology online with an eye for “new audiences, new participants, new ways of speaking” etc, and I think the following quote from Dusan Writer shows how anthropology IS spreading beyond its normal confines. [...]
16 Jun
Digital Scholarship in the Humanities – a great blog
(by way of savageminds.org) On the recent “that CAMP” conference Lisa Spiro writes: “As a result of all of the sharing of ideas via blogging and social networking via Twitter, the meeting seems much more intimate, open, and lively than your average conference.” She lists numerous issues discussed at the conference, which have been added [...]
14 Jun
back to problems… err… revisions
I’ve been trying to update my proposal and have had a terrible morning realizing its crap. Why? Because I’ve been thinking too much and now I’ve got 100 revisions to make. What this means is: I need to learn to write a proper academic proposal. By this I mean, it needs to be more general, [...]
14 Jun
more on style
As I look into the “new audiences, new styles, new pariticpants” angle of my research, I’ve been brought back to some earlier interests about the need for creativity and inspiration when reading volumes of extremely heavy, gut wrenching, make you want to live in a hut in the mountains, anthropological essays on post colonialism, domination, [...]
12 Jun
How OA is, and isn’t, a way to decolonize anthropology
OA – at least makes material accessible – it doesn’t change 1) the language, 2) the material 3) the participants But blogging, and self publishing do! Kinds of decolonization I’m looking at -> more transparent research practices – invitations for broader participation – studies on publishing and language in anthropology – Writing to new audiences [...]
12 Jun
more on blogging as a research tool
The Media Anthropology Network‘s recent e-seminar discussing Erkan Saka‘s paper on blogging as a research tool, came to an end and I’ve been trying to work some of the ideas into my research proposal. Here is what I’m working with: Concern was expressed over the legalities, and ethical concerns of sharing confidential information on a [...]
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