Comments on: Inertia, or “The Conference is Over . . . What Now?” http://iaspm.ca/2010/06/inertia-or-the-conference-is-over-what-now/ International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Canadian Branch Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:40:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul Aitken http://iaspm.ca/2010/06/inertia-or-the-conference-is-over-what-now/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Paul Aitken Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:34:23 +0000 http://iaspm.ca/?p=524#comment-94 The website can be a great place to continue some of the really great discussions that emerged at this year's conference, and can hopefully generate ongoing themes and issues that we can all continue to address when we meet face to face. I am particularly taken with the idea of establishing a common text, along the idea of an "IASPM Canada Reads" as we had discussed with Kip right before the AGM this year. The web has been an amazing avenue for increasing communication among scholars, but also threatens to undermine the conditions for a collective, common knowledge. Google has begun to personalise searches, Facebook has allowed us to draw boundaries around our online engagement, and numerous other sites offer "customisation" or "personalisation" as the ultimate goal. Amidst this sort of fragmentation, the possibility of having a common understanding is at risk, and one way to address this is to have scholars propose a book and perhaps mount a "defense" for it to be the one taken up by IASPM Canada members to read and discuss at the next conference. Anyone have any ideas yet? Anyone with ideas on how to run such a thing? The website can be a great place to continue some of the really great discussions that emerged at this year’s conference, and can hopefully generate ongoing themes and issues that we can all continue to address when we meet face to face. I am particularly taken with the idea of establishing a common text, along the idea of an “IASPM Canada Reads” as we had discussed with Kip right before the AGM this year. The web has been an amazing avenue for increasing communication among scholars, but also threatens to undermine the conditions for a collective, common knowledge. Google has begun to personalise searches, Facebook has allowed us to draw boundaries around our online engagement, and numerous other sites offer “customisation” or “personalisation” as the ultimate goal. Amidst this sort of fragmentation, the possibility of having a common understanding is at risk, and one way to address this is to have scholars propose a book and perhaps mount a “defense” for it to be the one taken up by IASPM Canada members to read and discuss at the next conference. Anyone have any ideas yet? Anyone with ideas on how to run such a thing?

]]> By: Craig Jennex http://iaspm.ca/2010/06/inertia-or-the-conference-is-over-what-now/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Craig Jennex Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:39:41 +0000 http://iaspm.ca/?p=524#comment-92 Great ideas. I'm in. Great ideas. I’m in.

]]> By: Craig Jennex http://iaspm.ca/2010/06/inertia-or-the-conference-is-over-what-now/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Craig Jennex Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:36:14 +0000 http://iaspm.ca/?p=524#comment-91 Great ideas! Great ideas!

]]> By: Jacqueline Warwick http://iaspm.ca/2010/06/inertia-or-the-conference-is-over-what-now/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Jacqueline Warwick Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:34:18 +0000 http://iaspm.ca/?p=524#comment-89 All great ideas, Michael. So glad you're investing energy into this! Personally, I find the "book club" idea appealing. I'll have a think about proposing an article or book that might be fun to read collectively... All great ideas, Michael. So glad you’re investing energy into this!

Personally, I find the “book club” idea appealing. I’ll have a think about proposing an article or book that might be fun to read collectively…

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