Comments on: The Schlegel Blitz ("Only connect…")

By: cjceglio

cjceglio — Sat, 15 May 2010 22:25:04 +0000

For me, participating in THATCamp is my Schlegel blitz! Having come to graduate school after a career as a writer and editor in the advertising, arts, museum and medical fields, I’ve only recently discovered this exciting—and intimidating—thing called digital humanities. I say intimidating because my technical abilities and experience are, as yet, very limited. I don’t know how to code. I only recognize some of the many acronyms that fly around in conversation and on the blogs. And so forth. So, I’ve lurked, read and played around a bit with WordPress, Omeka and other easy points of access. So, discussion of the “ethos of inclusion” that Lincoln Mullen outlined is of interest to me, too. And, I think that goes along with Christa’s suggestion that it would be useful to also think about barriers to inclusion and connection and the strategies that will facilitate more adventuresome attitudes in this area.

(In closing, on Amanda’s topic of the ethics of corporate sponsorship for meetings, this was significant issue in one of my prior fields, ophthalmology.)

By: Christa Williford

Christa Williford — Wed, 12 May 2010 22:00:09 +0000

In libraries, I’ve observed a lot of reticence to work with people outside professional boundaries except in specific professionally sanctioned contexts (providing reference or research services, for instance, or instructional technology consultations). One of the goals of a current study I’m advising is to help people in libraries involve scholarly experts, technologists, and others in their work with collections. So hearing how others manage this in different contexts would be valuable. It also might help to think about a few of the reasons why people hold back from making those connections, and strategies for mitigating their concerns. The potential for mutual gains and a sense of shared responsibility, as well as trust, are necessary to make these kinds of interactions productive down the line. Is it possible to have a strategy for reaching out that maximizes this potential?

By: patrickmj

patrickmj — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:12:06 +0000

So, you’re putting yourself in the role of naive bohemian intellectual?

Sounds good to me!

That would be interesting, especially in context of the ethic of inclusion that Lincoln wrote about recently. This might test just how far we want to/are able to take that, which I think would be important and relevant to address.