Questions inspired by and related to You've Read the Headlines. Now, Quick, Read the Book (by Motoko Rich, NY Times, 3/29/2009, posted at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/books/30quic.html) Questions: How does this necessity/predisposition for more, deeper material ASAP affect popular writing by academics and academic publishing in cutting edge fields of technology? Are there particular topics, themes, fields which deserve (possibly even demand) a longer time frame for consideration during the … [Read more...] about Chapter 1: Up to the Minute Publishing
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Twitter: a tool for a new generation of academic conversation or Not? (Updated)
You might remember various Technology in Higher Education posts exploring: “Creepy Treehouse”? Friending Your Professors or Students New Technology and Academic Research Who do you trust? Google and information gathering What Tools Do You Use? Should we not leave Twitter out as a tool for a new generation of academic conversation? A brief piece from The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on how Ed Techie, an education blogger, finds On Twitter, Academic Debates Fall Short. Note: Comments on the The … [Read more...] about Twitter: a tool for a new generation of academic conversation or Not? (Updated)
Translating Pain: Immigrant Suffering in Literature & Culture
ESN member Madelaine Hron, assistant professor in the Department of English and Film at Wilfrid Lauriern University (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada), just announced the release of Translating Pain: Immigrant Suffering in Literature & Culture (University of Toronto Press, February 12, 2009). The book cover, the book title, and previous conversations with the author (extending back to her 2004-2005 post-doc at Carnegie Mellon University), led me to ask her whether she would be willing to share about her work with ESN. … [Read more...] about Translating Pain: Immigrant Suffering in Literature & Culture
Field Research with Children
Inside Higher Ed spoke with anthropologists at a "Mothering (in) the Field" panel discussion at the recent American Anthropological Association annual meeting. The topic: how do they conduct their fieldwork and be mothers at the same time? It's an interesting article, with lots of great quotes. So, how do you balance your research commitments with your commitments as a mother or father? … [Read more...] about Field Research with Children
What Tools Do You Use?
Tom's recent post about online materials got me to think about tools to organize that research. With the glut of information now available, what do you use to keep it all organized? I'll start. First, a disclaimer: I use a Mac, and I think all of the tools I use are Mac-specific. Here are the tools that I use: For news and RSS feeds, I use NetNewsWire. For research material (quotes, docs, notes, etc.), DEVONthink Pro. For larger writing projects, Scrivener. To keep track of my library, Books. To keep … [Read more...] about What Tools Do You Use?