Earlier this summer Desiree Rowe and Ben Myers, whose podcast The Critical Lede I cannot say enough good things about, invited me to contribute to a journal forum they're editing on "The Performative Possibilities of New Media." Given my interest in the politics of scholarly communication, I immediately jumped at the chance to participate.
Composing the essay took a little longer than I'd expected, but I think I've got a respectable version of the piece now in hand. It's called "Performing Scholarly Communication," and it reflects on the origins and possible futures of academic periodical publishing.
This is where you come in. I've posted the draft essay to one of my project sites, The Differences & Repetitions Wiki (a.k.a., D&RW), in the hopes those of you reading this might be kind enough to offer some feedback. You'll find "Performing Scholarly Communication" on the site, along with other essays I've worked on over the years. Don't hesitate to comment anonymously -- I'm completely cool with that -- and definitely take some time to poke around a bit. Oh, and by the way, the piece is pretty short, so it won't take you very long to read.
I mentioned back in July that I'd be rebooting D&RW, mainly as a result of the influx of advertising appearing on the original host site, Wikidot. Well, this is it. "Performing Scholarly Communication" marks the (dant-dant-daah!) GRAND OPENING of the new D&RW, which links directly off of this blog. Enjoy.
Thanks in advance, wise crowd, for reading and commenting on the draft of my piece. I hope you find something in there that intrigues you.
