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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear Colleagues,</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">I am writing in the hopes that you
can forward the message below to any recent anthropology</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Phds whose topics address
contemporary concerns in the study of communication, media or <br>
performance. Currently I find recent Phds by looking through
dissertations listed in the Proquest<br>
database (unfortunately a US centric method). My major problem
is locating people's email<br>
addresses even after I learn about their dissertations. I have
tremendous trouble figuring out<br>
how to contact people to request that they take the page 99 test
for the CaMP anthropology blog.<br>
<br>
Please please help me by 1) forwarding this message to your recent
Phds 2) if you are a recent Phd,<br>
consider letting our fields learn about your work in this
lighthearted way and 3) if you are in charge<br>
of a departmental website, consider helping your recent Phds by
listing their current contact info. (The<br>
AAA membership directory is of little use).<br>
<br>
The invitation:<br>
</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">I would like to invite recent Phds to
participate on the CaMP
Anthropology blog </span><br>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">( <a
href="https://campanthropology.wordpress.com">https://campanthropology.wordpress.com</a>
).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>At the blog, we would
like to let<br>
scholars at the intersection of linguistic anthropology,
performance and
media. <br>
We are asking those who have defended in the past five years to
take a version
of the page 99 test. <br>
<br>
The "test" is simple: Is Ford Madox Ford's statement "Open the
book to page<br>
ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be
revealed to
you," accurate<br>
for the dissertation? To answer, the author will have to say
something (1) about the <br>
page and (2) about the dissertation. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">The fact is, p 99 may well *not*<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>be representative of the
dissertation, but
the<br>
answer gives you an opportunity to say something about what
your
dissertation<br>
really is about and how that page fits in or ... whatever you
like.</span></p>
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tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt
366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt
732.8pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> If you are interested,
please allow yourself no
more than 400 words (and 300 would<br>
probably be better); that limit does not include however much
of pg 99
you'd like to<br>
quote--you may quote most of it, or little or none of it.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We would love to have your<br>
blog post in hand by August 1<sup>st</sup>, if possible.</span></p>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you,<br>
Ilana</span></p>
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