Twitter has announced a call for research submissions that helps them “identify indicators of conversational health that are even more specific to Twitter and its impact.” I expressed my skepticism about this on Facebook and so I am writing up some notes here. ‘Conversations’ are one way to examine interactions on social media. We looked […]
Category Archives: Conferences
Valorising Research, Teaching and the Research Hole
My (recently) ex-colleague Jason Wilson has published an insightful piece on self-funded research. We’ve had a number of chats about this over the last year. The examples I raised of ‘self-funded’ research were of cultural studies scholars in the 1980s who did not receive ‘funds’ for research and even included those (for example, like Meaghan […]
A question to Fredric Jameson UoW 7 Dec
Jameson presented a public lecture as part of the “Telling Truths: Crime Fiction & National Allegory” conference. Below is an expanded version of the notes I wrote on my question I asked him during the question time: Speaking as an enthusiast rather than an expert. FJ described terrorists and serial killers as boring villains. I […]
CSAA Conference Final Plenary Panel
My ‘mobile phone’ notes on the final plenary panel session of the 2012 CSAA conference http://www.csaa2012.org/ All panelists addressed the question: What matters for cultural studies? GT Few would describe it as a discipline. Training in a disciplinarity Teaching downgraded. Conduct in everyday life. Don’t believe surrendering the space to solving problems of business. Critical pedagogic […]
Walkleys Conference Notes — Google and New York Times presentations
From my iPhone, WordPress backend interface a bit tricky! Google Australia Communications and Public Affairs Manager Johnny Luu presents Google 101 for Journalists, covering tips and tricks for using various Google tools, advanced search methods, finding and analysing trends, and creating data visualisations. Search smarter tips & tricks Algorithm Results page -Fact box, breakout -Ads, like editorial & […]