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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
Moderator/Chair:Catherine E. Karkov, School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies, University of Leeds
Paper 536-aThe Collaborative Spiral: Thinking Over Time […]
(Language: English)
Gillian R. Overing, Department of English, Wake Forest University, North Carolina
Clare A. Lees, Department of English Language & Literature, King's College London
Index terms: Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Language and Literature - Old English
Paper 536-bChasing the Rainbow: Ruminatio in the Age of Urgency, Impact, and Crisis
(Language: English)
Heather Pulliam, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
Index terms: Art History - General, Historiography - Modern Scholarship
Paper 536-cResearch as Folly, or, How to Productively 'Ruin' Your Research
(Language: English)
Lara Eggleton, School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies, University of Leeds
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.