Just set up a linganth blog

[Leila Monaghan]

I tend to agree with Misty that listservs and blogs serve different 
constituencies, in this case ingroup versus outgroup--we can have 
discussions of technical details among ourselves in e-mail but I see a 
blog as a place that anybody can come, and we should craft our blog 
messages accordingly.  This is particularly true if it becomes a 
semi-publishing site for presentations.  I think we should be part of 
the blogosphere but need to keep in mind the very international, 
multifaceted and public creature that it is.  We talk about contested 
issues that people feel deeply about (the Oakland Ebonics controversy 
is probably the best example) but it a public setting we should do 
these discussions  in as professional and accurate a manner as 
possible.  The plates should be thrown within the family, not in public.

all best,

Leila



Quoting Alexandra Jaffe <ajaffe at csulb.edu>:

> Just an observation that messages on a listserv are pushed out to all
> subscribers, but people have to actively go to a blog to get information or
> participate. So I see the blog and listserv as filling different functions
> and having different coverage.
>
> Misty Jaffe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-linganth at ats.rochester.edu
> [mailto:owner-linganth at ats.rochester.edu] On Behalf Of Richard J Senghas
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 10:53 AM
> To: Leila Monaghan
> Cc: linganth at cc.rochester.edu; sla_discussion at lists.berkeley.edu
> Subject: Re: [Linganth] Just set up a linganth blog
>
> This is excellent!  Thanks, Leila!
>
> So, let's see how this blog goes.  If it meets everyone's needs, and
> folks are as happy posting there as on a traditional list, then maybe
> it would be good to simply shut down the old list (which over the
> years has become known to what seems to be at least 15 or 20 spam
> factories).
>
> However, given that in some parts of the world, there is still easier
> access to e-mail than web access (or, at least, e-mail is affordable
> and web access isn't quite so), it may be worth keeping an old style
> list around.
>
> So, what do you all think?
>
> -Richard
>
> Richard J Senghas  (Professor of Anthropology, Sonoma State U,
> California)
> Visiting Researcher, Institutionen för nordiska språk
> Stockholms universitet
> S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
> Richard.Senghas at nordiska.su.se
> Richard.Senghas at sonoma.edu
>
> On 30 Nov 2006, , at 7:29 PM, Leila Monaghan wrote:
>
>> Was inspired by Barbara LeMaster to create a blog for Linguistic
>> Anthropology: http://linganth.blogspot.com/  All are welcome to
>> join it--I thought it might be a particularly good place to post
>> short papers or handouts that we have presented somewhere, would
>> like to be out there but that we haven't gotten around to
>> publishing.  Sessions or sets of related papers are particularly
>> welcome. Just drop me a note and I'll send you an invite if you
>> want to post a longer piece.  Comments are welcome from all.
>>
>> Just cuz we are a social group that started in the 20th century, no
>> reason why we can't do the 21st century blog thing!
>>
>> all best,
>>
>> Leila
>
>



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