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Academic Publishing and Zombies – Inside Higher Ed
Academic Publishing and Zombies – Inside Higher Ed.Filed under: In the Media, Scholarly Communication
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Streaming Video from #AFS11: Attend a Folklore Meeting Online!
Let the #AFS11 posts begin. The 2011 American Folklore Society meetings will be held here in Bloomington on the campus of Indiana University. This is the 1st time since 1968 that the meetings have been...
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#OccupyWallStreet Discussion at the American Folklore Society Meetings (#AFS11)
#OccupyWallStreet Discussion at the American Folklore Society Meetings (#AFS11) Saturday, October 15 12:30-1:15 p.m. Alumni Hall Indiana Memorial Union Want to process the current moment of social...
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Folklorist and Technology Writer Audrey Watters @audreywatters Now Blogging...
Folklorist (M.A. in folklore from the University of Oregon, 2000) and technology writer Audrey Watters has a new column/blog at Inside Higher Education, the free daily newspaper for the higher...
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The AAA Author Agreement is Not the Same as the New MLA Author Agreement
If I am wrong about this, I hope that someone in a position of authority will explain clearly why my understanding is in error. As I have discussed previously, the American Anthropological Association...
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A First Rate Podcast: Artisan Ancestors Visits the Summer Institute in Museum...
A perfect example of how scholarly research in folklore and anthropology can be made accessible and interesting for a wider audience is the Artisan Ancestors podcast produced and hosted by my friend...
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Good News | Bad News
On the good news front, students, faculty, staff, and friends associated with the Mathers Museum of World Cultures continue to come together to do good work and illustrate why museums are good places...
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Tweeter Arrested [#IUonStrike]
This is an update on the bad news side of my post from yesterday. The tweet that I described and then described as disappearing was made by a student who has now been arrested on a preliminary felony...
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#Altmetrics Coverage in the Chronicle of Higher Education
This week’s Chronicle of Higher Education includes extensive coverage of the topic of altmetrics by Jennifer Howard. There are two companion stories, but the main one is “Rise of ‘Altmetrics’ Revives...
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Artworks Features IU Folklorists Kate Horigan (on Urban Legends) and Jon Kay...
The latest episode of WFIU’s program Artworks does a great job of introducing the work of two of my IU Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology colleagues. Kate Horigan discusses so-called urban...
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Hostile Workplaces
Bad workplaces in broader social context is a theme in my social reading today. I very much recommend reading Paige West’s essay “That person at your office.” (via @subliminaries c/o @professorisin) I...
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Tomorrow! Workshop on Social Media and Academic Freedom
Filed under: Academic LIfe, Editorial and Opinion, In the Media, IT (Information Technology), Neoliberal Patterns, Scholarly Communication, social media, Speaking
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Who Cares About Craft as Traditional Knowledge?
This fall has been a particularly busy season for research-based programs at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures. An an outgrowth of our Indiana Folk Arts: 200 Years of Tradition and Innovation...
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The Mallet: Making a Maul in a Baiku Yao Community
This guest post by Jon Kay, Curator of Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures provides Jon with the opportunity to share the first of the documentary videos arising from...
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