Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 22:10:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: chemicalis <chemicalis-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Alternative to this list -- 'H-Postcolonial' (proposed)


going back to New Criticism?

--- Amardeep Singh <electrostani-AT-hotmail.com> wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I've also been a little frustrated with both the
> high volume
> of posts and the nature of the discussion on the
> Poco
> list of late.
> But rather than ask list members to refrain from
> posting their thoughts (which is not, it seems to
> me,
> my place), I'd like to propose that interested
> parties
> should form a new, smaller list (perhaps via H-NET),
> that would
> 
> 1) be more academic/more focused,
> 2) have a lower volume and an effective daily digest
> option,
> 3) be less anonymous, and
> 4) have the possibility that signed reviews written
> for
> the list be archived on a website. Here are the
> reasons for
> this change in detail:
> 
> 1--More academic/ more focused.
> Some folks want to deal less in our email time with
> the
> daily grind of Israel/Palestine, and more with
> issues
> in postcolonial literary theory & criticism,
> postcolonial anthropology, 
> cultural studies, etc. The 'academic' turn
> I'm proposing does not foreclose 'activist' postings
> entirely,
> but it does suggest that some separation might be in
> order --
> people interested in activist networks should
> consider
> subscribing to lists like FOIL.
> I think some of us, buried under masses of email
> from
> all directions, are looking for the *option* of a
> list
> that is strongly (perhaps exclusively) academic in
> nature.
> 
> I'm not a person who believes in ivory towers; I
> believe
> academics have to be citizens of the world, and
> further,
> that a substantial part of the postcolonial project
> must entail a commitment to public intellectualism.
> But I also believe conversations (networks => conversations)
> are more effective when small and focused.
> 
> 2--Lower volume and an effective daily digest
> option.
> In my experience, the 'postcolonial-digest' list
> does
> not really work...
> Yahoogroups allows digest subscribers to receive
> just
> *one* email a day from a given list; the digest
> contains all of the emails posted that day.
> 
> 3--Less anonymous. We might want to consider a
> moderated list
> or unmoderated list that is "gated." We might also
> either
> strongly encourage or require subscribers to use
> their
> professional email addresses rather than hotmail or
> yahoo
> accounts.
> 
> H-NET lists generally require you 'apply' to join
> the
> list, stating your interest in the subject, and I
> think it's
> a good idea. This is not to say that the list I'm
> envisioning
> would be selective (there's enough of THAT already
> in academic
> life), nor would it be limited to full-time
> academics.
> But perhaps subscribers might be asked to explain
> their
> intellectual projects somewhat -- application is a
> way of
> taking subscription to the list more seriously.
> 
> 4--We might also encourage subscribers to write book
> reviews
> (as in the H-NET list) that would be regularly
> archived
> on a website. These reviews serve a purpose (they
> tell
> other scholars in the field about new books that
> have
> come out), and they are also helpful to the writers
> (reviews count as publications).
> 
> This whole proposal might sound like a boring idea
> to you.
> If so, ignore my suggestion! If not:
> 
> To my mind, the best option in front of us is to
> start an H-NET list focused on postcolonial studies
> (or perhaps postcolonial studies and
> *globalization*?).
> Check out the current list of H-NET lists at:
> http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/lists/
> 
> If people are interested in working with me on this
> project (three commmitted editors are needed to
> start an H-NET
> network -- a list editor, review editor, and web
> editor),
> please email me OFF LIST.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Amardeep Singh
> amsp-AT-lehigh.edu
> Lehigh University
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
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