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Power, Precarity, and Care in the Digital Humanities

The thought process behind my project — from SeanOne quick note: I could keep tinkering with this project, so I am stopping here. If/when I revisit it, I’m sure I will continue. […]

1 year, 6 months ago

Power, Precarity, and Care in the Digital Humanities

Sean Patrick Palmer commented on the post, Care and Institutions -- from Sean

The video showed people doing important work. Work that can change lives for the better, but I have to admit that there was a part of me that thought. “Well, it’s too late for the people that have been hurt.” […]

1 year, 6 months ago

Power, Precarity, and Care in the Digital Humanities

Care and Institutions — from SeanI am not a fan of the forest metaphor. Partially because I’ve spent time in forests and did not enjoy it at all and partially because i […]

1 year, 6 months ago

Power, Precarity, and Care in the Digital Humanities

Sean Patrick Palmer commented on the post, Some thoughts from Sean

First off, I am so sorry that happened to you, Diana. That is terrible. At CUNY, have I felt affirmation? That’s kind of complicated. For the work I do, sure. People have told me that I do interesting […]

1 year, 6 months ago

Power, Precarity, and Care in the Digital Humanities

Some thoughts from SeanSome thoughts after doing the readings: The Bisam piece reminded me of my first trip to grad school, when I was getting my degree in […]

1 year, 6 months ago

Power, Precarity, and Care in the Digital Humanities

Be careful with empathy.by Sean I am not an empathic person, at least in the way it’s defined in the readings, but I’m fine with that. I think the people sup […]

1 year, 7 months ago

Power, Precarity, and Care in the Digital Humanities

Sean Patrick Palmer commented on the post, A Case of Self-Censorship

My supervisor doesn;t see all my lessons. I told my previous supervisoer what I was doing in case students complained to him or my dept chair so he wouldn’t be blindsided. If he knew about it, he could be […]

1 year, 7 months ago

Power, Precarity, and Care in the Digital Humanities

A Case of Self-Censorshipby Sean (Swear words ahoy!) We have to watch what we say in a professional environment, but how much we have to censor […]

1 year, 7 months ago

Power, Precarity, and Care in the Digital Humanities

Disclaimer: I’m posting this on the course blog of the other course I’m taking.

On Thursday, the college president’s office sent out a mass email apologizing for “the misrepresentation of our students on the […]

1 year, 7 months ago

Power, Precarity, and Care in the Digital Humanities

A bonus post from Sean

On Tuesday, I brought up that a Digital Humanities class wouldn’t happen at LaGuardia. I think I should explain why in some detail.

We don’t have that many people interested in it, […]

1 year, 8 months ago

Power, Precarity, and Care in the Digital Humanities

Sean Patrick Palmer commented on the post, Midterm project

The more I think about it, the more doing it through the TLC makes sense. The TLC does more hands on stuff, after all.

It’s just… there are times in the pedagogy courses when I Think “These ideas would not […]

1 year, 8 months ago

Power, Precarity, and Care in the Digital Humanities

by Sean

I’m considering writing up a course proposal for a teaching practicum course for grad students in the Humanities and, maybe, the Social Sciences. My expertise doesn’t really extend much beyond tho […]

1 year, 8 months ago

Power, Precarity, and Care in the Digital Humanities

by Sean

Question one: Explain centum and satem in Indo-European linguistics

Response: In Indo-European linguistics, “centum” and “satem” refer to two major branches of the Indo-European languages, based on […]

1 year, 8 months ago

Power, Precarity, and Care in the Digital Humanities

by Sean

Publishers have been providing online platforms with their textbooks for a while now. I’ll be honest: I’ve never really been impressed. Granted, I usually teach classes like Voice and Diction, cla […]

1 year, 8 months ago

Power, Precarity, and Care in the Digital Humanities

Sean Patrick Palmer commented on the post, Week 5: Precarity

This is interesting because I look at precarity in more financial terms.

I was raised in a single-parent household in the Pittsburgh area when the steel industry collapsed. Entire communities lost their way of […]

1 year, 8 months ago

Power, Precarity, and Care in the Digital Humanities

Sean Patrick Palmer commented on the post, Bonus post from Sean

Thank you, Aruanna.

Part of why I share my experiences is that I felt so isolated when I was going through the tenure process. No one in my department had a position as tech oriented as mine, and all the things […]

1 year, 8 months ago

Power, Precarity, and Care in the Digital Humanities

I just thought of an issue concerning DH and mentoring today while preparing for meeting with a new adjunct who hasn’t used Blackboard before.

My job has several different duties, and DH is only one part of […]

1 year, 8 months ago

Power, Precarity, and Care in the Digital Humanities

Sean Patrick Palmer commented on the post, Week 5

I never had a mentor. I was just shoved into my position and left to sink or swim. I had no real support, and, since I was in a brand new position, the job duties were at best ill-defined. Now, in terms of the […]

1 year, 8 months ago