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Sun, Jan 08 2012 13:16:10

#alt-ac Roundtable #MLA12 #s539

Or is is #altac now? Great discussion about Alt-Academic careers.

  1. This is a live-blogging post by Dr. Davis over at Teaching College English.
  2. MLA: Alternative Paths, Pitfalls, and Jobs in the Digital Humanities — Teaching College English
    In live blogging this conference, I am following the conventions for conference blogging. Presiding: Sara Steger, Univ. of Georgia Speake...
    Teachingcollegeenglish
  3. shepdl
    David Shepard@shepdl
    #mla12 #s539 getting ready for #alt-ac panel in WSCC 3B.
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:26:57
  4. S_moores
    Shawn W. Moore@S_moores
    #s539 #mla12 gearing up for the #alt-ac roundtable. It's a huge room and I expect if will fill soon.
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:23:46
  5. nowviskie
    Bethany Nowviskie@nowviskie
    About to offer "Two and a Half Cheers for the Lunaticks" on the #s539 #alt-ac panel at #mla12.
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:27:27
  6. Here's the blog post of this presentation.
  7. Bethany Nowviskie
    10 hours ago ... two & a half cheers for the Lunaticks. Tags: #alt-ac, collaboration, digital- humanities. The 2012 convention of th...
    Nowviskie
  8. shepdl
    David Shepard@shepdl
    #s539 #mla12 first speaker on #altac is @briancroxall
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:32:33
  9. shepdl
    David Shepard@shepdl
    #s539 #mla12 @briancroxall: 900 applicants for a job he applied for (!)
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:33:18
  10. koreybjackson
    Korey Jackson@koreybjackson
    #mla12 #s539 #altac @briancroxall clir.org/fellowships/po…
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:34:04
  11. valfazel
    valfazel@valfazel
    #mla12 #s539 Alt job in the digital humanities. Ongoing conversations re: alternate professions for PhDs in DH
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:34:07
  12. koreybjackson
    Korey Jackson@koreybjackson
    #mla12 #s539 #altac @briancroxall "What's the relationship b/w DH and alt-ac?"
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:35:00
  13. franky_abbott
    Franky Abbott@franky_abbott
    @briancroxall we must rethink grad education and paths after the phd: what is the relationship btwn dh and #alt-ac? #s539 #mla12
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:35:09
  14. shepdl
    David Shepard@shepdl
    @briancroxall : John Underwood's response to Fish: DH is not next big thing in lit b/c not only in lit studies. #mla12 #s539 #piscatorial
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:35:32
  15. shepdl
    David Shepard@shepdl
    @briancroxall: #altac and #dh both extradisciplinary #mla12 #s539
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:36:05
  16. koreybjackson
    Korey Jackson@koreybjackson
    ow.ly/8lE49 Underwood on "Why dh isn't the next thing in literary studies" #mla12 #s539 #altac
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:36:38
  17. S_moores
    Shawn W. Moore@S_moores
    #s539 #mla12 @briancroxall connection between #alt-ac and DH is how extra-disciplinary they are.
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:36:51
  18. mkgold
    Matt Gold@mkgold
    .@briancroxall suggests TT DH faculty marked as "alt" even if not #altac #s539 #mla12
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:36:55
  19. shepdl
    David Shepard@shepdl
    @briancroxall #altac is most likely position for future of university; "non-fac" is most of work done at universities. #mla12 #s539
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:37:11
  20. koreybjackson
    Korey Jackson@koreybjackson
    #mla12 #s539 @briancroxall #altac: "Alt-ac =/= non-fac"
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:37:20
  21. elotroalex
    Alex Gil@elotroalex
    .@briancroxall: is alt-ac the future of digital humanities? no. tenure-track jobs are being created #altac #s539 #mla12
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:37:26
  22. S_moores
    Shawn W. Moore@S_moores
    #s539 #mla12 @briancroxall #alt-ac cannot be short for contracted labor. Must be an avenue for thinking about career paths (focus on paths)
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:37:36
  23. elotroalex
    Alex Gil@elotroalex
    .@briancroxall Q#3: Is DH the future of #altac? NO (also). There are many "alt" things that do not involve the digital #s539 #mla12
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:38:36
  24. shepdl
    David Shepard@shepdl
    @briancroxall: key lesson of #alt-ac: intellectual labor in simply getting things done. #mla12 #s539
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:38:38
  25. koreybjackson
    Korey Jackson@koreybjackson
    #mla12 #s539 @briancroxall #altac There need to be tracks for alt-ac...but this doesn't (or shouldn't) mean replicating tenure?
    Sat, Jan 07 2012 15:38:38

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