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Katherine D. Harris deposited Curating Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities in the group
Computer Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 5 years, 1 month agoThis is the published introduction to the born-digital, open-access, peer-reviewed *Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities*. More a rationale and scholarly study of both Digital Pedagogy and DPiH in general, this introduces articulates the uses, theory, rationale about digital pedagogy as it has been shaped in U.S. institutions since the explosion of…[Read more]
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Carmela Mattza deposited VARIEDADES INTERMEDIATE / INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED SPANISH CONVERSATION in the group
2020 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 1 month agoVARIEDADES is a Spanish conversation book for the student at the intermediate / advanced intermediate level. Through audiovisual activities, the student is expected to put their previous knowledge into practice and continue to develop their ability to understand, write, listen, and speak in Spanish.
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Jason Boyd deposited The Fortune Theatre Records: A Prototype Digital Edition in the group
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 5 years, 1 month agoA report on the creation of a prototype digital edition of a REED collection. Includes “Guidelines for REED at-codes Application and TEI P5 Markup” (Appendix C).
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Hania A.M. Nashef deposited Against a reading of a sacred landscape: Raja Shehadeh rewrites the Palestinian presence in Palestinian Walks in the group
GS Nonfiction Prose on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months agoABSTRACT
In his introduction to Palestinian Walks, Raja Shehadeh remarks that in spite of the great number of travelers to Palestine, travel literature, for the most part, willfully ignored the living experience and existence of the land’s inhabitants. Often, Palestine was the imaginary place that was continuously invented to confirm r…[Read more]
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Susanna Margaret Ashton deposited The Free Travels of William Grimes from 1814 until 1825 in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months agoThis GIF chronicles the movements of a a formerly enslaved man in New England until the publication of his first memoir in 1825. William Grimes was forced to resettle and wander through Connecticut and Rhode Island because of poverty and insecurity. He is most associated with Litchfield, CT and New Haven CT where he spent the most time and which…[Read more]
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Brian Gregory Caraher deposited Sourcing “a place of first permission”: Robert Duncan’s ‘mythological mind’ and H.D.’s “Trilogy” in the group
TC Philosophy and Literature on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoThis article is a slightly revised version of a plenary panel address presented at the ‘Passages’ Symposium at the Sorbonne, Paris on the 12th of June 2019, in honor of the centenary of the birth of the American poet Robert Duncan. The article traces some of the mutual interest and influence between the poets Robert Duncan and Hilda Doolittle…[Read more]
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Zélia Catarina Pedro Rafael deposited “Wild Nights”: Death and Humor in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months agoEmily Dickinson’s unique style of poetic composition is marked by ambiguity and open-endedness, leading to the genesis of a privileged space wherein reader and writer are able to meet as co-creators of meaning. As a poet, Dickinson addresses many themes in ways that are subject to countless layers of interpretation. This essay focuses p…[Read more]
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Brian Croxall replied to the topic Concerns for 2021 Delegate Assembly? in the discussion
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months agoLisa, these are great ideas. As with Cheryl’s, this is going to be impossible to do as a motion, but it’s something that we could propose that the Executive Council consider in the coming year. Some sort of statement about labor equity and protections during the pandemic would seem apropos.
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Brian Croxall replied to the topic Concerns for 2021 Delegate Assembly? in the discussion
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months agoCheryl, this is a good idea but one that wouldn’t be able to be done this year giving the timing on motions/resolutions. I wonder if there’s a standing committee of the MLA that might take the lead on such a thing. Still, it’s something I can work to surface.
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Brian Croxall replied to the topic Concerns for 2021 Delegate Assembly? in the discussion
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months agoSarah, that’s definitely something I can mention. I certainly remember you addressing this question in past years as the organization moved toward an exclusive relationship with EBSCO.
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Sarah G. Wenzel replied to the topic Concerns for 2021 Delegate Assembly? in the discussion
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months agoPMLA prices rose this year by a significant amount for Institutional subscribers. It may not rise to the level of the DA and it has been an issue for us in this year of budget cuts.
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Lisa Marie Rhody replied to the topic Concerns for 2021 Delegate Assembly? in the discussion
TM Libraries and Research via email on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months agoHi Brian,
Thanks so much for raising this issue. I’m deeply sympathetic to the issues relating to graduate study, but given this focus group, I feel like we should raise issues related to labor equity, expectations, and job safety for librarians. I think it would be helpful for MLA to have a statement of solidarity that demonstrates our o…[Read more]
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Cheryl E. Ball replied to the topic Concerns for 2021 Delegate Assembly? in the discussion
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months agoHey Brian– How about asking the MLA if they would propose a statement of support for open-access research in the humanities? 😉
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Brian Croxall started the topic Concerns for 2021 Delegate Assembly? in the discussion
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months agoColleagues, I’m one of two professional-issue Delegate Assembly members representing the category “Libraries and Archives.” I wanted to open a discussion about whether there are any issues that the Forum members would especially like to see brought to the DA. What concerns are on your (collective) minds?
When I have information about the…[Read more]
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Brian Croxall started the topic Concerns for 2021 Delegate Assembly in the discussion
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months agoColleagues, I’m one of two professional-issue Delegate Assembly members representing the category “Libraries and Archives.” I wanted to open a discussion about whether there are any issues that the Forum members would especially like to see brought to the DA. What concerns are on your (collective) minds?
When I have information about the…[Read more]
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Rocío Quispe-Agnoli deposited Gender and Genre Bias: Women Writers & Networks in Latin America in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months agoIt is well known that the literary history of Latin America and its canon has been/is written by a patriarchal Eurocentric society that controls what constitutes national literature. It is also established that (colonial/contemporary) Latin American subjects in the periphery of the urban republic of letters are not included due to their gender…[Read more]
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Hélène Bilis started the topic TC Digital Humanities Executive Forum Elections in the discussion
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months agoHello Fellow TC Digital Humanists,
I’m happy to be nominated for the executive committee for the TC DH Executive Forum and I would be honored to serve. My platform, if I were to articulate one briefly, is to continue to make DH studies in North America more multilingual (specifically, showcasing projects and initiatives beyond English and…[Read more]
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Jacob Heil started the topic Candidate Statement for 2020 Executive Committee Election in the discussion
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months agoHi, friends. Our elections for EC opened last week and I am one of the candidates you’ll see on the ballot for this Group. Therefore, I thought that I might share a little about my interests, my role(s) at the College of Wooster, and my goals for service on the Executive Committee for the Libraries and Research Group.
I have come to libraries by…[Read more]
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Pamela Lim-McAlister started the topic Connecting with Colleagues in the discussion
HEP Part-Time and Contingent Faculty Issues on MLA Commons 5 years, 3 months agoHello, everyone! I am honored to have been nominated as a candidate for the forum on HEP Part-time and Contingent Faculty Issues and I wanted to briefly introduce myself before MLA voting opens this week. As a Spanish instructor and contingent employee, I have been a “freeway flier” and “roads scholar” traveling among institutes of higher learnin…[Read more]
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Rocío Quispe-Agnoli deposited “Secular Women Writers of Colonial Spanish America.” in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 5 years, 3 months agoNew directions of research in colonial women’s studies on gender roles, periphery and margins, and discursive practices that expand the notion of “literary text” (Adorno 177), indicate that the textual corpus of colonial women’s writings continues to increase. This emergent group of texts reveals patterns of rhetorical strategies and recurre…[Read more]
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