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Katina Rogers posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months ago
MLA members may be interested in a new call for papers at #Alt-Academy on power, privilege, and social identity. Editor Lisa Knisely seeks essays and articles on the role of social identity, such as race, gender, class, and sexuality, in alternative academic careers.
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great stuff! are you publishing this somewhere?
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Hello, the paper is by Thom Bryce (@tbryce); I merely posted it on his behalf. Please do get in touch with him on the Commons! Apologies for the confusion.
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thanks, Katina! will do!
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I’m struck by the juxtaposition here of Thom Bryce’s paper on grindr and Cheryl Higashida’s earlier cfp for the special issue on ‘Sexing the Left’. Arguably, the former demonstrates the timeliness, and urgency, of the latter.
Thom’s conclusion – that, despite some reservations, a commercial, profit-driven form of new communication such as grind…[Read more]
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Katina Rogers uploaded the file: Load More Guys: Queered Space and the Politics of Grindr to
Gay Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months ago[Originally uploaded by Thom Bryce on 10 January 2014.] A script from the roundtable discussion at the MLA on \”Digital Queers\”
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Katina Rogers started the topic Storified convention tweets in the forum
2014 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 12 years agoA number of people used Storify to compile tweets on particular sessions and topics during the convention. Here are a few; please reply to add more!
Session 80: Hard Mode: Games and Narratives of Marginalization (Anastasia Salter)
Session 130: Things My Computer Taught Me About Poems (Amanda French)
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Katina Rogers posted an update on MLA Commons 12 years ago
Curious about how people used Twitter during #mla14? @ernestopriego offers his analysis (part 1, part 2).
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And now, part 3. Thanks, Ernesto!
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Katina Rogers started the topic Post-Convention Reflections in the forum
2014 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 12 years agoWe hope you found the 2014 convention to be enjoyable and stimulating. Now that the convention has ended, consider posting reflections (or links to blog posts you’ve written on other sites) in this space. Thank you, and see you next year in Vancouver!
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Katina Rogers uploaded the file: Who Benefits? Ethics and Competing Agendas in Graduate Education to
2014 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 12 years agoSlides and draft remarks for session 471, “Who Benefits? Ethics and Competing Agendas in Graduate Education”
Saturday, 11 January, 8:30–9:45 a.m., Chicago X, Sheraton Chicago -
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Katina Rogers uploaded the file: By Albrecht Classen: The Role of the Forest in German Literature: From the Medieval Forest to the Grünes Band to
2014 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 12 years ago714. Integrating Ecocriticism into College-Level German Curricula
Sunday, 12 January, 10:15–11:30 a.m., Arkansas, Sheraton Chicago
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Katina Rogers replied to the topic Convention Presentations in the forum
2014 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 12 years agoPraxis Network: Rethinking Humanities Education, Together and in Public
Session 599 (#s599)
Saturday, 11 January, 3:30-4:45 p.m., Arkansas, Sheraton ChicagoDetails about the session, including presenter bios and draft remarks, are available at http://praxisnetwork.mla.hcommons-staging.org/.
How can humanities programs better equip students for…[Read more]
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Matthew K. Gold replied to the topic Restaurant recommendations and more in the forum
2014 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoHere’s the Chowhound Chicago board: http://chowhound.chow.com/boards/7
Some threads that caught my eye during a brief scan:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/925253
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/924008
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/927264
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/925622
Looking forward to hearing about other finds!
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Katina Rogers posted an update in the group
First-Time Convention Attendees on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoTwo new guest posts in our series of tips for #mla14: Ernesto Priego (@ernestopriego) shares guidance on live-tweeting, and Natalie Houston (@nmhouston) offers valuable suggestions on how to thrive at the convention.
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My pleasure. Thank you for writing it!
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Katina Rogers replied to the topic Deleting Forum postings in the forum
Welcome Group on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoDear Michelle,
All set—the unwanted posts have been removed. (I had already removed the two in Postcolonial Studies based on your first message—sorry for the confusion!)
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Katina Rogers replied to the topic Deleting Forum postings in the forum
Welcome Group on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoHi Michelle,
Only group administrators can delete forum posts. More information on why that’s the case is available on our FAQ page, along with more details about why those unwanted characters appear in your post and how to prevent it from happening in the future.
I’d be happy to delete the unwanted posts for you. You can then re-post the same…[Read more]
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Katina Rogers replied to the topic Duplicate topic detected message in the forum
Welcome Group on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoHi Michelle,
The system won’t allow you to post an identical message in multiple groups. The easiest way to work around this is to add a unique sentence to the beginning of the post for each group—for instance, “The following announcement may be of interest to members of the [XYZ] group.” One unique word in the post should be enough to prevent t…[Read more]
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