IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 536: Slow Scholarship in the Digital Age, I
Tuesday 8 July 2014, 09.00-10.30
Organiser: | Catherine E. Karkov, School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies, University of Leeds |
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Moderator/Chair: | Catherine E. Karkov, School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies, University of Leeds |
Paper 536-a | The Collaborative Spiral: Thinking Over Time […] (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Language and Literature - Old English |
Paper 536-b | Chasing the Rainbow: Ruminatio in the Age of Urgency, Impact, and Crisis (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Historiography - Modern Scholarship |
Paper 536-c | Research as Folly, or, How to Productively 'Ruin' Your Research (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Historiography - Modern Scholarship |
Abstract | These two sessions explore the value of forms of scholarship that have become endangered, forms of scholarship we describe as 'slow scholarship'. Slow scholarship necessitates dealing with actual objects rather than facsimiles, editions, or online images; it necessitates really getting to know texts or books or objects - or a field. It demands a developed methodology or theory rather than chasing after the latest theoretical trend or research council theme. It is a type of scholarship that has become increasingly devalued as research councils and universities focus increasingly on large-scale collaborative projects, quick results, the impact agenda, and rapid online publication. |