As part of my research into publishing and anthropology, I’m looking for stories about getting published. I’d love to hear about your first publishing experience (especially if you are an anthropologist, but I welcome stories from all academics). What inspired you to try and publish an article? At what point in your academic career did [...]
Archive for August, 2008
31 Aug
choosing what to read
I’ve been thinking about the “need” to make anthropology publications more accessible. How important is it to have access to the latest publications? With so much out there, is it important to be able to access all of it, or just the best of it? I’m getting at the idea that maybe less is more. [...]
20 Aug
Enthusiasm and learning
Alexandre Enkerli recently posted a presentation dealing with enthusiasm, teaching, and active learning. The post builds on his earlier writing, “Technology Adoption and Active Reading”. The discussion between Pamthropologist and Michael Wesch also dealt with motivating learning, and I think the idea of “enthusiasm” is pretty important. Using new technologies can be a way to [...]
18 Aug
two sides to sharing knowledge
[aka the good, the bad and the ugly] Within discussions of making information freely available online there are numerous terms floating around. The open access movement is working to open up (make accessible) traditionally published material (ie, all those scholarly articles hiding behind expensive logins, or within expensive books). So most discussions assume that the [...]
17 Aug
Open Access and Anthropology – a free and easy interview
(via OA News) I’ve been having trouble getting away from the blogsphere to do research. One of my goals is to develop a slew of great interviews, but I’m finding the blogsphere is providing that too! Christopher Kelty and a bunch of co-authors have published a conversation that deals perfectly with my research topic, titled [...]
17 Aug
interesting anthro links
Sara’s collaborative blog project covering Anthropology and Sociology blogs is now live. Check it out and contribute at http://www.anthsoc.com/wp1/ Pamthropologist discusses the challenges involved in motivating students to read assigned material – “The issue consistently and overwhelmingly reported as an issue by faculty was reading.” How do you deal with new media literacy when it [...]
16 Aug
private blogs for research
When discussing the role of a blog as a research tool people often assume that public field notes would work against the confidentiality of those being researched. This assumes however that blog posts are unfiltered thoughts which simply is not the case. Blog posts are constructed and filtered with the knowledge that an audience will [...]
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