Comments on: Rates of writing http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/11/18/rates-of-writing/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:32:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: melgregg http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/11/18/rates-of-writing/#comment-63029 melgregg Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:52:37 +0000 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/11/18/rates-of-writing/#comment-63029 Hi Laura - The actual writing was spread over two weeks, yes, but I wasn't starting from scratch, I had few conference paper versions already (which you featured in, remember?! There is a note in the text about that). I would really value your thoughts, because oh dear, I don't feel optimistic about peer review at all. Hope you are enjoying post-conference life! Hi Laura - The actual writing was spread over two weeks, yes, but I wasn’t starting from scratch, I had few conference paper versions already (which you featured in, remember?! There is a note in the text about that).

I would really value your thoughts, because oh dear, I don’t feel optimistic about peer review at all.

Hope you are enjoying post-conference life!

]]> By: Laura http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/11/18/rates-of-writing/#comment-63001 Laura Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:56:31 +0000 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/11/18/rates-of-writing/#comment-63001 Hi Mel, I have fallen profoundly out of the loop lately (and am finding it most unsettling) so do I correctly gather you wrote this in two weeks....? I'm very interested in this side of your research so when I get a chance I will print it off and read it through properly. And do you actually want feedback from a casual reader or did you mean feedback from an anonymous reviewer? Hi Mel, I have fallen profoundly out of the loop lately (and am finding it most unsettling) so do I correctly gather you wrote this in two weeks….?

I’m very interested in this side of your research so when I get a chance I will print it off and read it through properly. And do you actually want feedback from a casual reader or did you mean feedback from an anonymous reviewer?

]]> By: home cooked theory » Blog Archive » Done http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/11/18/rates-of-writing/#comment-62470 home cooked theory » Blog Archive » Done Fri, 23 Nov 2007 05:25:10 +0000 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/11/18/rates-of-writing/#comment-62470 [...] So it actually took two weeks, but now it’s submitted. I’m looking forward to some feedback, because it’s one of the biggest things I’ve written since my book. I cite a bunch of you guys in it too, so best that you take a look at it at this stage. I really hope I’ve done justice both to the topic and the amount I have learned from other bloggers while figuring it to this point. Here’s the abstract to help you decide if you wanna download the draft: While academic blogging has emerged as a distinct genre in the past few years (Walker 2006), a generation gap exists between those who blog from secure positions within the profession and PhD and junior faculty bloggers whose employment status is more marginal. This paper draws on subcultural theory to discuss the unique features of these two latter types and the functions they serve for their authors. The analysis demonstrates that blogs are important sites of support for those who aspire to and currently work in academia at the same time as they are a powerful indictment of the job conditions experienced therein. The paper therefore concludes by suggesting that the positive aspects of collegiality and solace taking place online for a new generation of scholars risk remaining disconnected from an effective labour politics – one that could change the very nature of the grievances blogs appear so well designed to express. [...] [...] So it actually took two weeks, but now it’s submitted. I’m looking forward to some feedback, because it’s one of the biggest things I’ve written since my book. I cite a bunch of you guys in it too, so best that you take a look at it at this stage. I really hope I’ve done justice both to the topic and the amount I have learned from other bloggers while figuring it to this point. Here’s the abstract to help you decide if you wanna download the draft: While academic blogging has emerged as a distinct genre in the past few years (Walker 2006), a generation gap exists between those who blog from secure positions within the profession and PhD and junior faculty bloggers whose employment status is more marginal. This paper draws on subcultural theory to discuss the unique features of these two latter types and the functions they serve for their authors. The analysis demonstrates that blogs are important sites of support for those who aspire to and currently work in academia at the same time as they are a powerful indictment of the job conditions experienced therein. The paper therefore concludes by suggesting that the positive aspects of collegiality and solace taking place online for a new generation of scholars risk remaining disconnected from an effective labour politics – one that could change the very nature of the grievances blogs appear so well designed to express. [...]

]]> By: Emily http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/11/18/rates-of-writing/#comment-62291 Emily Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:55:00 +0000 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/11/18/rates-of-writing/#comment-62291 I agree, Mel - we surely got into this for quality, not quantity. The pressure to publish ignores the fact that we think as we write, that ideas come together slowly, through testing out arguments and bringing threads together. And we forget where we're going, need to track back, and then begin our wandering again. For me writing is the part of the process of research; I don't know what exactly I will find or say when I start typing. Imagine not having the time for this? But ARC applications expect the same kind thing: that we know what we're going to find before we start the research. Process is not valued as a rich source of knowledge. It's only the product that matters, and we're meant to get to this in the most expedient fashion possible. But even though I express anxiety about the pressure to publish, maybe it is (for me at least - but what do others experience?) a looming phantom, a rhetorical force, rather than something actually transforming my work. Today I wrote as I always do, getting to where I'm going at a usual pace - I didn't finish anything, I didn't sign off. And tomorrow I'll pick it up and find my way again. I agree, Mel - we surely got into this for quality, not quantity. The pressure to publish ignores the fact that we think as we write, that ideas come together slowly, through testing out arguments and bringing threads together. And we forget where we’re going, need to track back, and then begin our wandering again. For me writing is the part of the process of research; I don’t know what exactly I will find or say when I start typing. Imagine not having the time for this?

But ARC applications expect the same kind thing: that we know what we’re going to find before we start the research. Process is not valued as a rich source of knowledge. It’s only the product that matters, and we’re meant to get to this in the most expedient fashion possible.

But even though I express anxiety about the pressure to publish, maybe it is (for me at least - but what do others experience?) a looming phantom, a rhetorical force, rather than something actually transforming my work. Today I wrote as I always do, getting to where I’m going at a usual pace - I didn’t finish anything, I didn’t sign off. And tomorrow I’ll pick it up and find my way again.

]]> By: jean http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/11/18/rates-of-writing/#comment-62198 jean Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:25:46 +0000 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/11/18/rates-of-writing/#comment-62198 an article a week!!? Given incurable protestant guilt, this is not what I need to hear, even in jest. Actually, it's totally doable. You'd just have to give up the research part. and the job part, really (at least the kind of research job that's common at my place) ;) BTW I think there's still heaps of value in the blogging article (not that you seemed doubtful) - perhaps even more so now that the flouro hype-light has moved on... And certainly academic blogging is still a hot issue around the US tenure debate. Looking forward to reading it once it's fully cooked! an article a week!!? Given incurable protestant guilt, this is not what I need to hear, even in jest.

Actually, it’s totally doable. You’d just have to give up the research part. and the job part, really (at least the kind of research job that’s common at my place) ;)

BTW I think there’s still heaps of value in the blogging article (not that you seemed doubtful) - perhaps even more so now that the flouro hype-light has moved on…

And certainly academic blogging is still a hot issue around the US tenure debate. Looking forward to reading it once it’s fully cooked!

]]> By: M-H http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/11/18/rates-of-writing/#comment-62123 M-H Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:06:09 +0000 http://homecookedtheory.com/archives/2007/11/18/rates-of-writing/#comment-62123 I would say you are presently 'composting' your efforts. You will return to them to find they have taken another, better form. Looking forward to reading the results. I would say you are presently ‘composting’ your efforts. You will return to them to find they have taken another, better form. Looking forward to reading the results.

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