[Asis-l] Disruptive Scholarship: An Idea Whose Time Has Come: (Re)Use / (Re)Mix / (Re)New

[Tara Mani Dahal]

Thanks !



On 4/29/08, Gerry Mckiernan <gerrymck at iastate.edu> wrote:
>
> Friends/
>
> I am pleased to announce the publication of my abstract for my planned
> presentation at the forthcoming  3rd International Plagiarism Conference
> /
> " Transforming Practice for an Authentic Future" / 23 - 25 June 2008 /
> City Campus East / Northumbria University /
> Newcastle-upon-tyne, UK.
>
> /Gerry
>
> Day 2 / Wednesday / 25th June 2008
> 2.00 pm - 3.00 pm
> Keynote 4
> Gerry McKiernan
> Iowa State University, US.
>
> _Disruptive Scholarship: An Idea Whose Time Has Come: (Re)Use / (Re)Mix
> / (Re)New_
>
> Hadrian's Wall is a stone and turf fortification built by the Roman
> Empire across the width of modern-day England. ... [It was] 117
> kilometres long, ... [I]ts width and height [were] dependent on the
> construction materials [that] ... were available nearby. ... [T]he wall
> in the east follow[ed] the outcrop of a hard, resistant igneous diabase
> rock escarpment. ... Local limestone was used in the construction,
> except for ... section[s] in the west ... where turf was used instead
> ... . The Broad Wall was initially built with a clay-bonded rubble core
> and mortared dressed rubble facing stones, but this seems to have made
> it vulnerable to collapse, and repair with a mortared core was sometimes
> necessary.... [I]n time ... [Hadrian's] Wall was abandoned and fell into
> ruin. Over the centuries and even into the twentieth century a large
> proportion of the stone was reused in other local buildings.
>
> Throughout history, humans have (re)used local resources to create not
> only buildings and fortifications, but monuments, roads, and a wide
> variety of other structures. For countless generations, artists,
> composers, and writers have freely incorporated elements from local and
> distant cultures to create new visual, musical, and textual forms.
>
> In The Web 2.0 World, the open (re)combination of multiple media has
> become commonplace in many venues, practices that Lawrence Lessig,
> founder of Creative Commons, and others, would characterize as
> emblematic of a 'Remix ' or 'Read/Write' culture. Indeed, from his point
> of view, *the health, progress, and wealth creation of a culture is
> fundamentally tied to this participatory remix process.*
>
> In the recently-released Horizon Report 2008 - a joint publication of
> the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative
> (ELI), six emerging information technologies and practices that are
> expected to significantly impact educational organizations are profiled:
> Grassroots Video, Collaborative Webs, Mobile Broadband, Data Mashups,
> Collaborative Intelligence, and Social Operating Systems
>
> In this presentation, we will review the Read/Write Traditions of the
> Arts, Humanities, and Sciences; analyze key Past / Present / Future
> Participatory Technologies; and explore the potential of Web 2.0 for
> creating/fostering Disruptive Learning / Scholarship / Teaching in the
> 21st century.
>
> Access To The Full Programme Of Excellent Presentation Topic Abstracts
> (With Links To Keynote And Guest Speaker Bios ) AND Links Within My
> Abstract Is Available At:
>
> [
>
> http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2008/04/disruptive-scholarship-idea-whose-time.html
> ]
>
> OR
>
> [ http://tinyurl.com/47gwc9 ]
>
> I would appreciate Any/All Feedback on the theme of my presentation (as
> you will read, it's is open to wide interpretation)  and/or relevant
> cites/sites.
>
> ***Please Make Recommendations As Comments on The Blog Entry***
>
> Thanks A Million!
>
> /Gerry
>
> Gerry McKiernan
> Associate Professor
> Science and Technology Librarian
> Iowa State University Library
> Ames IA 50011
>
> gerrymck at iastate.edu
>
> There is Nothing More Powerful Than  An Idea Whose Time Has Come
> Victor Hugo
> [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ]
>
> Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows
> [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]
>
>
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> October 24-29, 2008, Columbus, Ohio
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