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IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 636: Slow Scholarship in the Digital Age, II

Tuesday 8 July 2014, 11.15-12.45

Organiser:Catherine E. Karkov, School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies, University of Leeds
Moderator/Chair:Clare A. Lees, Department of English Language & Literature, King's College London
Paper 636-aLetter by Letter: Manuscript Transcription and Historical Imagination
(Language: English)
Karen L. Jolly, Department of History, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Index terms: Archives and Sources, Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 636-bA Slow Deep Song of the Cosmos: 'The Order of the World' in My Own Time
(Language: English)
James Antonio Paz, School of English, University of Leeds
Index terms: Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Language and Literature - Old English
Paper 636-cThinking about Stone
(Language: English)
Catherine E. Karkov, School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies, University of Leeds
Index terms: Art History - Sculpture
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.