Raewyn Connell: Periphery and Metropole in the History of Sociology
Notes
function of keynote speaker – sweeping claims
irritating the participants
First sweeping claim: The history of sociology – fairly misunderstood
distinctive – second half of 20th century – sociology – institutionalized
according to text books – shift autonomously in the US and Europe
Durkheim, Weber, Max – founding fathers
“the early social [...]

I am now attending the Perspectives from the Periphery conference. Vice chanchellor Göran Sandberg is doing to the introductory speech – mainly talking about Umeå University. A regular duty for him I guess and I have heard him do this a number of times. I like his style – direct, energetic and proud of Umeå [...]

Slide from Lisa Spiro’s DH2008 presentation (full powerpoint here, blogg entry here).
How “Movie Making” Has Challenged Me

Condensing core argument
Thinking visually: how to represent an argument with images rather than words
Getting the right imagery (high quality, copyright free)
Thinking cinematically: constructing transitions, camera movement
How to bring scholarly practices (citation, elaboration) into digital storytelling?
Considering how to make argument [...]