Fwd: Announcing the ALL NEW linguisticanthropology.org

[Leila Monaghan]

Dear Kerim and Alex,

I just wanted to publicly thank you for all the incredible hard work that
you have both done on the website.  You have put us at the cutting edge of
web technologies and have placed us in an excellent position to grow in so
many ways in the coming years,

all best,

Leila

Dept of Anthropology
U Wyoming


http://www.linguisticanthropology.org/

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 6:01 AM, Kerim Friedman <oxusnet at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Linganth Members,
>
> Below is an e-mail I just sent out to the SLA e-mail list, announcing
> our new website. Apologies to those who will receive this message
> twice, but we wanted to make sure everyone got this!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kerim
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>
> Dear SLA members,
>
> Some of you may know that last year we established a new spot on the
> executive committee of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology: that
> of "digital content editor." The idea was that the SLA website
> shouldn't just be a dumping ground for bureaucratic rules and
> regulations, but should be both a platform to showcase the discipline
> to a wider public, as well as portal where members can share resources
> and ideas. Although the position was only created last year, it is a
> project we have been working on for over two years now. The first step
> was to migrate our old Web 1.0 site to a new, modern, platform which
> was capable of handling the new features we wanted to add to the site.
> We finished that a little over a year ago, and since then we've been
> working on issues of information architecture and design, finding ways
> to add new features and content without making the site too difficult
> to use or navigate. I'm happy to announce that, together with SLA "web
> guru" Alexandre Enkerli, we finished this second round of website
> revisions over the weekend! You can read on to learn about some of the
> changes or, if you'd rather see for yourself, just click on the link:
>
> http://www.linguisticanthropology.org/
>
> The biggest change is that the blog is now much more prominently
> featured on the main site. It takes up half the front page, instead of
> a little section on the sidebar. This is because we hope to make the
> blog a central place for online discussion of issues relating to
> linguistic anthropology. It is hoped that the blog will draw more
> people to the site, building a vibrant community in the process. Now
> that he's done with the website revisions Alex will put on his
> "blogger" hat and start putting up new posts on a regular basis,
> including a regular roundup of posts from the language-related
> blogsphere. After the AAA meetings, Leila Monaghan, who founded the
> first linguistic anthropology group blog, will take over my position
> as "digital content editor." In this role she will be a true "editor"
> -- helping guide the development of the blog by attracting guest
> bloggers, organizing web-seminars, as well as other exciting ideas she
> has up her sleeve.
>
> But that is not all, we've also added other features to the site, such
> as links to our new Twitter feed and Facebook page. A link to
> subscribe to our blog via e-mail or RSS. A Google calendar with all
> the meetings and deadlines mentioned in our blog. And a new
> "resources" tab which will be the home for new features we hope to add
> to the site. Already up under resources is a new directory of programs
> in linguistic anthropology (an idea we got from the Society for Visual
> Anthropology website). Planned for the near future is a database of
> syllabi (something we used to have but which is now hopelessly out of
> date). Even though I'm handing the reigns over to Leila, I will
> continue to work closely with Alex on these new features.
>
> Finally, we've tried to spruce up the journal website. More and more
> scholars are submitting "web enhanced articles" with audiovisual
> content that supplements their writing. So even though our table of
> content alerts and archives are now handled by AnthroSource and Wiley,
> the website still plays an important role supplementing journal
> articles. To ensure longevity, we are asking authors to post this
> content to the Internet Archive at archive.org, before sending us the
> link. This is an area of the site we hope to continue to improve. Alex
> is already thinking about ways we might standardize the layout of
> these pages so that they are easier to navigate.
>
> Once again, that URL is:
>
> http://www.linguisticanthropology.org/
>
> Check it out, and let us know what you think! If you have any
> suggestions, or would like to help out, please let us know. One of the
> things we've added to the site is a feedback form, visible on the
> botton of the sidebar on every page throughout the site. If you see
> something that isn't right, or have a suggestion, just fill out the
> form and hit "send" - it is that easy!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kerim
> ____________________________________
>
> P. Kerim Friedman
>
> Department of Indigenous Cultures
> College of Indigenous Studies
> National DongHwa University, TAIWAN
> http://kerim.oxus.net/
>
> ____________________________________
>



-- 
Leila Monaghan, PhD
Department of Anthropology
University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming