And Another Thing: University Presses
All, or almost all of the ACLS Scholarly Societies are in mutual aid relationships with university-based scholarly publishers (=university presses). In the case of folklore studies and the…
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How to Study Folklore When You Cannot Go to Graduate School?
My run of posts on scholarly societies in general, and my scholarly societies in particular, has, I know, been heavy on facing unhappy developments and low, so far,…
How to Study Folklore When You Cannot Go to Graduate School?
My run of posts on scholarly societies in general, and my scholarly societies in particular, has, I know, been heavy on facing unhappy developments and low, so far,…
[This title is AI generated:] The Risks Posed by LLM-Based AI Tools: A Call to Action for the American Folklore Society
This is an essay (or “essay”) mainly authored by Copilot, the LLM-based AI tool provisioned to me by Indiana University. Spelling and typographic errors made by JBJ have…
[This title is AI generated:] The Risks Posed by LLM-Based AI Tools: A Call to Action for the American Folklore Society
This is an essay (or “essay”) mainly authored by Copilot, the LLM-based AI tool provisioned to me by Indiana University. Spelling and typographic errors made by JBJ have…
Hurricanes, Fires, and Scholarly Societies Now
A satellite image of hurricane Milton via PBS https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/live-map-track-the-path-of-hurricane-milton My parents raised me to worry about hurricanes and hurricane season. …
Hurricanes, Fires, and Scholarly Societies Now
A satellite image of hurricane Milton via PBS https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/live-map-track-the-path-of-hurricane-milton My parents raised me to worry about hurricanes and hurricane season. …
Scholarly Societies and the Costs of Whac-A-Mole
“Whack a Mole” by Kathleen Moore via Flickr CC-BY-NC 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/knmoore/5097464623/ Unbury the Lede: Here I reflect on the ways that the crises of the current mo…
Scholarly Societies and the Costs of Whac-A-Mole
“Whack a Mole” by Kathleen Moore via Flickr CC-BY-NC 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/knmoore/5097464623/ Unbury the Lede: Here I reflect on the ways that the crises of the current mo…
Extinction Event: Political Involvement in General Education Curriculum in Florida and in General
One key role placed by scholarly societies is to monitor the health of a field on a local, national and international level. Knowing what the state of affairs…
Extinction Event: Political Involvement in General Education Curriculum in Florida and in General
One key role placed by scholarly societies is to monitor the health of a field on a local, national and international level. Knowing what the state of affairs…
Storm Warning: Public Funds and Scholarly Societies
Marine Weather Warnings, via NOAA, https://marinenavigation.noaa.gov/weather-warnings.html Unburying the lede: This post is about efforts to sever the financial, and therefore mutual aid, links pr…
Storm Warning: Public Funds and Scholarly Societies
Marine Weather Warnings, via NOAA, https://marinenavigation.noaa.gov/weather-warnings.html Unburying the lede: This post is about efforts to sever the financial, and therefore mutual aid, links pr…
Dunn Meadow, April 27, 2024, Between 12:15 pm and 2:23 pm
The following are still photographs taken by Jason Baird Jackson in Dunn Meadow on the Indiana University Bloomington campus on Saturday, April 27, 2024 between 12:15 pm and…
Dunn Meadow, April 25, 2024, Between 12:15 pm and 5:50 pm
The following are still photographs taken by Jason Baird Jackson in Dunn Meadow on the Indiana University Bloomington campus on Thursday, April 25, 2024 between 12:15 pm and…
University of Texas at Austin
“What starts here changes the world.” “Make it your/our Texas” Images via UT colleagues.
Museum Anthropology Review Volume 16: Studies in Museum Ethnography in Honor of Daniel C. Swan
Social media is changing again and it seems like a good time to give Shreds and Patches more love and attention. My collaborator and special issue co-editor Michael…
Questions and Answers on Publishing Journal Articles: A Series Organized by Ilana Gershon
If you are an academic author or aspire to be one, I hope that you will check out the series organized by Ilana Gershon and published on the…
Daniel C. Swan, Museum Leader
Below find the ninth in a series of posts offered in celebration on the occasion of our colleague and friend Daniel C. Swan’s retirement from the University of…
Thank You, Dan, For All The Keys
Below find the eighth in a series of guest posts offered in celebration on the occasion of our colleague and friend Daniel C. Swan’s retirement from the University…
Pílla toksali ishaaissacha’chika hánglolihmat chokma amahoobatok…
The normal headnote follows here instead as a footnote.* Dan – Pílla toksali ishaaissacha’chika hánglolihmat chokma amahoobatok. Chokmat ishtoksaháli bíyyi’kattooka ithánali. Chimittibaatoksali’, chih…
Attention Drivers: Extremely Rough Road Ahead
Below find the sixth in a series of guest posts offered in celebration on the occasion of our colleague and friend Daniel C. Swan’s retirement from the University…
Thanks, Dad.
Below find the fifth in a series of guest posts offered in celebration on the occasion of our colleague and friend Daniel C. Swan’s retirement from the University…
My Apprenticeship with Dan
Below find the fourth of a series of guest posts offered in celebration on the occasion of our colleague and friend Daniel C. Swan’s retirement from the University…