tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post3260458934307184669..comments2023-08-18T19:57:30.372+10:00Comments on humanities researcher: Pre-conference discussion on medieval bloggingThis old world is a new worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-1551034831839978082010-07-11T08:07:05.589+10:002010-07-11T08:07:05.589+10:00I made a post out of my answer: http://theruminate...I made a post out of my answer: http://theruminate.blogspot.com/2010/07/ruminations.html Hope you still find it useful!theswainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05919025515524894537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-48657915479794495692010-07-06T06:12:28.044+10:002010-07-06T06:12:28.044+10:00And by the way, Stephanie, the Chaucer blog book i...And by the way, Stephanie, the Chaucer blog book is hy-sterical. The most perfect plane reading EVER. Inbetween the bad-yet-endearing romantic comedies screened on international flights, and with a glass of wine [or several, in my case], it is perfect!Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-56342185375906098982010-07-05T23:44:39.566+10:002010-07-05T23:44:39.566+10:00I'll answer the questions that I have clear an...I'll answer the questions that I have clear answers to . . .<br /><br />does blogging build new communities?<br /><br />Yes, certainly, but they are as yet pretty inchoate. I've been able to encounter scholars whom I would not have encountered in, say, sessions at conferences. By reading blogs from other periods (early modern textual culture is an interest) I can encounter work which I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-46819352242311294262010-07-04T22:32:34.976+10:002010-07-04T22:32:34.976+10:00Late to this space- because I have been away lectu...Late to this space- because I have been away lecturing on post-grad and post-doc summer schools in Hungary - where above all I learnt how passionately interconnected the middle ages are with the future across central and eastern europe. Amazing experience - as was a week last summer on a similar summer school in northern Spain. <br /><br />What have i learnt about blogging? Blogging is not globalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-51683488332270656842010-07-04T15:57:42.624+10:002010-07-04T15:57:42.624+10:00the effect of blogging on both the received and p...the effect of blogging on both the received and perceived understanding is a difficult issue.<br />I am reminded of the conundrum in quantum mechanics where the act of measuring itself distorts the result. It seems to me that one major problem of pseudonym blogging is that it gives equal billing to all and there is no discrimination allowed in the sense of alllowing recognition to a known Constantinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400408568302288062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-86519847414346371682010-07-03T11:31:04.196+10:002010-07-03T11:31:04.196+10:00Alas, all my efforts at trying to post some commen...Alas, all my efforts at trying to post some comments here ended in semi-disaster. Blogger and I were not getting along yesterday, it seems! So I have posted a response to your queries about blogging over at In The Middle here:<br /><br />http://www.inthemedievalmiddle.com/2010/07/floundering-around-together-medieval.html<br /><br />Cheers, EileenEileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-40000962579521015012010-07-02T08:40:46.648+10:002010-07-02T08:40:46.648+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-38432535699384668102010-07-02T08:39:15.120+10:002010-07-02T08:39:15.120+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-78735420088304796282010-07-02T08:37:58.916+10:002010-07-02T08:37:58.916+10:00I think medievalist blogging, in some respects, ha...I think medievalist blogging, in some respects, has had an enormous impact on community-building within certain sectors of medieval studies [especially those that favor collaborations between graduate students in medieval studies, younger scholars, and some established figures, such as yourself and Jeffrey, who have used blogs to share work-in-progress and to talk candidly about the various Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-68435034098147628052010-07-01T22:16:11.448+10:002010-07-01T22:16:11.448+10:00I wish I could be there - it sounds like fun! Sad...I wish I could be there - it sounds like fun! Sadly (or perhaps ironically), I will actually be in Australia for once.Hannah Kilpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750010843246514032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-29240776510760056052010-06-30T11:32:35.416+10:002010-06-30T11:32:35.416+10:00Does blogging build new communities - most definit...Does blogging build new communities - most definitely. I haven't met a lot of the people I blog with, but I plan to. Even if I don't ever meet them I will still consider them friends and the support I get from them is real.Mindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10634135486127575735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-19972960134187480392010-06-30T07:43:01.251+10:002010-06-30T07:43:01.251+10:00* what would you say were the distinctive feature...* what would you say were the distinctive features, if any, of blogs by medievalists?<br /><br />They are quite various<br /><br /> * does blogging build new communities?<br /><br />Perhaps, but they may be quite transient, given that people one thinks of as blog friends are scattered geographically. I am more certain that I have made new individual friends who might well be long-term Steve Muhlbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136005762428407135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-5750610908111311692010-06-30T01:21:06.284+10:002010-06-30T01:21:06.284+10:00I think this panel is a) vitally important and b) ...I think this panel is a) vitally important and b) incredibly interesting, as the question of what <i>sort</i> of space blogging might be opening up, or perhaps negotiating within the academic community is one which should concern us all.<br /><br />We started our blog (shameless plug: http://hwaettheswyve.blogspot.com) sometime last year, and were originally going to just meander through our York CMS Postmedieval Reading Grouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10679333256880248770noreply@blogger.com