Sarah Spangler
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Response from Laura Buchholz on her Looking Back post
I think my perspective has continued to evolve as I now use blogging as an integral component in all my courses- both as substitute for weekly quizzes that keep students accountable to read, but also as an idea generator that we can continue to discuss i ... -
Re: A Shift of Responsibility?: Public inclusion and the implications of Crowdfunding academic research
Crowdfunding Grad Student Research
Lucy, thank you for such a thoughtful post. A few things occurred to me as I read, and I am particularly interested in the following comment: “[Crowdfunding] may particularly benefit independent or early career scholars who may have no opportunity to appl ... -
Funders to Fund Crowdfunding Consultant Fees? Maybe?
David has touched on many of the thoughts I had as I read through your post, Carly. To echo, I appreciate your focus on the unseen labor of crowdfunding. Honestly, though, and not that David draws a direct analogy to any extent, the labor of crowdfunding ... -
Alternative Double Whammy
Rebecca, when I read the statement " Thus, it can be counter-productive for promotion to explore the topics I look at and to use alternative funding sources," I thought of how difficult it is to work within the parameters of a dual disadvantage ... -
"agency to the public"
Deb, I'm really intrigued by the ideas of attributing "agency to the public" and the "community relevance" of academic scholarship as relates to crowdfunded research. Academics still often receive criticism about the relevancy of ... -
Facilitating Public Interest in Academic Research
Thank you for a thoughtful post, one that offers perspective from a humanities-oriented position. I appreciate your point about research in the humanities and much of the social sciences not being profit driven; further, such research doesn't typical ... -
responsibilities of (re)mapping
The subject of maps and cartography and “truths” as relates to visualizing information reminds me of feminist methodologies of remapping histories, theories, and rhetorics, methodologies that call for “recharting the plains, valleys, and borders” of the a ... -
Anticipating Students' Digital Skills
Patricia, I appreciate the energy of this post. I agree that technology has transformed the humanities and that as educators, we need to acknowledge how connected our students are and implement digital tools into our classrooms in ways that support specif ... -
Blogs & Rhetorical Awareness
Amanda, I appreciate your thoughtful use of new media in your film classes, and I agree with Suzanne regarding the importance of sharing how we are successfully (or not) incorporating social media in our classrooms in ways that facilitate course learning ... -
I have no ethos, but I guess I am replying?
Kris, I enjoyed your post despite my limited gameplay and equally limited scholarly framework surrounding this discourse. Regardless, I am intrigued with your critical analysis of the power struggles and hierarchies within the games you mention. I am also ...