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 |
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Moderator/Chair: | Clare A. Lees, Department of English Language & Literature, King's College London |
Paper 636-a | Letter by Letter: Manuscript Transcription and Historical Imagination (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 636-b | A Slow Deep Song of the Cosmos: 'The Order of the World' in My Own Time (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Language and Literature - Old English |
Paper 636-c | Thinking about Stone (Language: English) 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. |