ACLS Publishes 2011 Haskins Prize Lecture by Henry Glassie in Print and Video...
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has published the textual and video versions of the 2011 Haskins Prize Lecture by Henry Glassie, College Professor of Folklore Emeritus at Indiana...
View ArticleYuchi Indian Histories Before the Removal Era
There has been a real posting drought lately here at Shreds and Patches. In part this is due to a hyper abundance of matters worthy of posting about. So much has been going on that there has not been...
View ArticleOn a Newly Published Book and a Forthcoming Paper
As noted previously here at Shreds and Patches, a paper of mine is forthcoming in the Journal of American Folklore. Today is one of those days that scholars dread: discovering–too late–the work of...
View ArticleTwo Reasons to Love the University of Nebraska Press @UnivNebPress
Visitors to this site will know that I am involved in a range of projects relating to reform in the scholarly communication system. University presses are a key part of that system. They bring to the...
View ArticleNew Beginnings: Journal of Folklore Research
During 2013, I will have the honor of editing the Journal of Folklore Research. I will be serving for a year as Interim Editor, bridging Moria Marsh’s editorship and the anticipated service of an...
View ArticleCampus Salon on Academic Publishing in the Sciences
On Monday I will be helping host the second in a series of campus solons focused on the changing scholarly publishing landscape. While keyed to the campus science faculty, all campus researchers are...
View ArticleReview: A Companion to Folklore
Today the Journal of Folklore Research Reviews (JFRR) published my review of A Companion to Folklore edited by Regina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012). It was an honor to be...
View ArticleLast but Not Least: Hacking the Academy–the Print and Ebook Editions
I am pleased to note that the University of Michigan Press has now published the print and ebook editions of Hacking the Academy: New Approaches to Scholarship and Teaching from Digital Humanities....
View ArticleNotes on Thoughtfulness in Scholarly Publishing (1): A la Carte Pricing
Today a senior scholar whose work I greatly respect called me an asshole. This was in response to my being snarky in a social media environment. Snarky is probably never a good stance to take. This was...
View ArticleNotes on Thoughtfulness in Scholarly Publishing (2): Tim Elfenbein on the...
If you find value or interest in the discussion initiated in my post on pay per view journal article pricing and its relevance to scholarly authors and general readers, then do not miss Tim Elfenbein’s...
View ArticleNotes on Thoughtfulness in Scholarly Publishing (3): In This, I Support Elsevier
[Updated] This series began in the wake of an instance in which I, to the irritation of most observers, questioned a case of self-piracy. Soon thereafter, self-piracy was a big deal among publishing...
View ArticleOn The Journal of Folklore Research in 2013
2013 was a very busy year for me. It was a great year, but it was overly full at work and so-called work-life balance thus was not much in evidence. I am hardly unique in this regard and I continue to...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Dress to Express Museum Modules
An announcement posted here on behalf of Local Learning: DRESS TO EXPRESS MUSEUM MODULES In conjunction with Volume 1 of the Journal of Folklore and Education, “Dress to Express: Exploring Culture and...
View ArticleSalons to Explore New Frameworks for University Press Publishing in the...
Beginning later this week, I will be hosting a series of six salons on the Indiana University campus. The topic for discussion is scholarly publishing in the arts and humanities–at Indiana University...
View ArticleA Study of Direct Author Subvention for Publishing Humanities Books at Two...
In a long Summer 2015 Roundup I touched quickly on a lot of different recent projects, one of which was work “on a Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded research/planning project considering the viability...
View ArticleOpen Access Book: Indiana Folk Arts
This year is a big year for the Mathers Museum of World Cultures in a number of respects. Two of these weave together. Its the state bicentennial for Indiana and we are engaging with it in a big way...
View ArticleMaterial Vernaculars: Institutional Role, Review, Authors, and Genres
The new Material Vernaculars series is co-published by the Mathers Museum of World Cultures with a huge amount of heavy lifting from our partner, the Indiana University Press. The first two volumes in...
View ArticleMaterial Vernaculars: Objects, Images, and Their Social Worlds (is out now)
I am happy to share this note to report that the edited collection Material Vernaculars: Objects, Images, and Their Social Worlds has now been published. I am the editor of this volume, which includes...
View ArticleThe Free-to-Readers Edition of Material Vernaculars: Objects, Images, and...
As I discussed in a previous post, works in the Material Vernaculars series are being made available in a free-to-readers PDF edition via IUScholarWorks. The eponymous edited collection Material...
View ArticleFraming Sukkot: Tradition and Transformation in Jewish Vernacular Architecture
Just in time for the holiday that is at its center, I am happy to trumpet the publication of Framing Sukkot: Tradition and Transformation in Jewish Vernacular Architecture by Gabrielle Berlinger....
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