2020 06 01 tweets
Replying to @kristinarola
Oh, Ms. Enid. What a good girl. š
I am sad, and furious, and despairing. And I know so many of you are feeling that so much more, and have been for so much longer. I see you, and I am sorry. And I am working on ways to do better for us all.
RT @CarlosLozadaWP: The top two bestselling books on Amazon right now:
1) WHITE FRAGILITY by Robin DiAngelo
2) HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by ā¦ā¦
RT @DrIbram: This doesnāt happen everyday. It is fitting it happens on the day we are Blacking out for Black lives and hopefully supportingā¦
Replying to @BerondaM
Ohhhh I want to read this!
Are you hosting a virtual meeting, symposium, workshop, or conference on Humanities Commons? Weād love to know about it! Tweet us @humcommons or email us at hello at hcommons dot org.
RT @MLAnews: "The Executive Council of the Modern Language Association condemns in the strongest possible terms the wanton destruction of Bā¦
RT @readywriting: Have you taught a particularly interesting, inventive, or just plan awesome online course in the humanities? Please DM meā¦
RT @readywriting: We are particularly interested in online humanities courses from HBCUs, HSI, Tribal Colleges, and community colleges, andā¦
Replying to @sharonmleon
YAY!!!
Atypical indeed. I had a negative royalty contract on my first book, on which I have earned $65 in total. I received a $2000 advance on my second book, which earned it out in a year. $0 advance on the most recent one. https://twitter.com/sivavaid/status/1269610865206210562
LT following on this. Because not only do most academics not get paid for their work, they also donāt know what others experience. https://twitter.com/sivavaid/status/1269613056763592704
RT @BerondaM: Someone indicated that I recently became outspoken. No. Frequently it's not that someone STARTS to speak, but that another BEā¦
RT @achdotorg: Good morning! If you haven't taken a peek at your inboxes, @achdotorg members past & present, there's a new issue of our newā¦
RT @readywriting: I was moved to write a guide to help faculty use Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities to move their courses online, but alsā¦
There are so many more important things happening in the world. But itās hard not to succumb to a bit of despair when you start comparing your publishing experiences to othersā, even when youāve been pretty darned successful.
Replying to @kfitz
Or maybe thatās just me.
Replying to @CarlaNappi
You are enormously kind, and I really appreciate you taking the time to tell me!
I am working my way back out of yesterdayās demoralized state, slowly but surely. Because hereās the thing: +
Replying to @kfitz
Whatever the value of the books Iāve published ā and I do think they have value ā the primary goal Iāve committed myself to at this moment in my career is transformation. +
Replying to @kfitz
Transformation of the academy and the systems through which it creates and disciplines knowledge. But also transformation for those within it seeking to work in new ways. +
Replying to @kfitz
And I can make the argument for that change, or give advice about how to create that change, in a book. I have, and I will. +
Replying to @kfitz
But Iām also trying to effect the transformation, and to make space for others to do so as well. And in that, the work Iām doing with the amazing Humanities Commons team has a far deeper potential. +
Replying to @kfitz
Thereās something pernicious in the ways that the gold standard of the book has bent my sense of what success in my field looks like. +
Replying to @kfitz
\(And this after Iāve spent years arguing and working to decenter that standard\!\) +
Replying to @kfitz
This thread, for what itās worth, is primarily written for me. As a reminder that āresearchā does not just mean working toward my next book. +
Replying to @kfitz
Creating the conditions for a new academy, an academy that deserves to survive the current crisis, is a worthy research outcome. With a potential audience of millions. /fin
Replying to @ctitusbrown
Yes! And that tension exists in a lot of fields ā but I do think thereās something broken in the ways many fields \(like my own\) value and reward writing over other forms of doing.
Replying to @ctitusbrown
Oh, thanks for that reference! This sounds exactly to the point.
Replying to @ctitusbrown and @epistemographer
I can absolutely see that! And can see the connections between ag extensions and other forms of pragmatic, engaged, public work...
Ooh, this sounds so great, Andrea! Iām looking forward to digging in!
Replying to @mannahattamamma
Indeed.
So itās taken all day for me to get clear enough to read your post, Andrea ā the pitfalls of remote-but-synchronous work ā but this is BRILLIANT. Iām going to be mining it \(and the discussion that follows this tweet\) for a while!
Replying to @msc_librarian
Not unrelated at all.
Iām so glad to hear ā thanks for letting me know!
Replying to @triciamatthew
Iām quite taken by this one. https://twitter.com/WyreDavies/status/1269937147089485824
RT @Apereo: Next Week! Open Apereo 2020 is June 15-19. Keynote, @kfitz author āGenerous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the Universā¦
RT @hels: The only reason I donāt like the term TERF is theyāre not radical and theyāre not feminists
RT @cplong: Come work with us at the ā¦@PubPhilJā© at Michigan State University - we are looking for a developer to help us create the next gā¦
I believe in the mission my institution claims to espouse. I will fight for my institutionās ability to do that work. But there are days when my institution makes it really, really hard.
This has been one of those days. https://twitter.com/ReclaimMSU/status/1270779095006228483
That is from a university communication that went out yesterday. I have heard from many colleagues who have written to demand an apology. None has reached us yet.
And then thereās this. https://twitter.com/GradEmpUnion/status/1270829003130261504
There was a moment not long after I arrived when the degree of brokenness in the culture made itself inescapably clear. Much has been exposed and repair work has begun. But so much remains.
Itās not okay.
Replying to @kate_sonka
Way too much.
Replying to @RPR_Agile
Thank you so much for this ā I really need it right now.
Replying to @kate_sonka
Unfortunately so. I really believe in what the institution ought to be, in what it claims it wants to be. But I am a bit despairing of its real commitment to getting there.
Replying to @atrubek
Not a paleographer, but that looks like Maria Zielinski and Anton \(?\) Pasternak.
Replying to @atrubek
Nope, Zielinska.
Replying to @atrubek and @TerryMetterJr
Or Antoni?
Replying to @atrubek and @TerryMetterJr
Exactly. Why I guessed Anton; it seemed the least incongruous.
Replying to @sharonmleon and @kate_sonka
One can hope.
RT @triciamatthew: My goodness! https://twitter.com/thismaya/status/1270877885394534400
Replying to @brandontlocke
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RT @Fobettarh: An absolutely vital thread. The backlash is real and it is dangerous. https://twitter.com/AcademicFoxhole/status/1270779074391060480
Replying to @hels
Iām so sorry, Helen. š
Replying to @kfitz
The original communication went out 48 hours ago. Complaints began immediately. We are still awaiting a response. https://twitter.com/kfitz/status/1270865466500808706
Replying to @kate_sonka
āWe should not have featured the highlight given the current eventsā is a long distance from āweāre really sorry we chose to highlight utter bullshit at the worst possible moment.ā
We should not have featured the highlight given the current eventsā is a long distance from āweāre really sorry we chose to highlight utter bullshit at the worst possible moment.ā
RT @MSUEnglish: #MSUCAL https://twitter.com/SCMStudies/status/1270407314726703104
RT @Jeffreycwray: @kfitz āSo sorry IF anyone was offended...ā the non-apology apology. Not good enough @msu
Replying to @BerondaM
I can only imagine. Here with you.
RT @BerondaM: @GeoEdResearch @kfitz As Mother would say, do they know what they have stirred up in you? Bless their hearts...
Replying to @savasavasava
Oh, Iām so sorry, Sava. What a good boy.
Replying to @mchris4duke
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I want this to be the norm at my institution. Please. https://twitter.com/nancybaym/status/1271432275595612161
Replying to @nancybaym
Ouch. Thatās awful.
Replying to @nancybaym
I figured as much. *sigh*
Replying to @d_kompare
Same. But thatās a light day here. Because itās a Friday.
I want someone to invent a means of globally preventing the transmission of work-related email after 3pm Friday. Right now getting it out of your inbox before the weekend just dumps it in mine. So let it hang in the ether until Monday at 9.
Replying to @ameliaabreu
Itās exactly whatās needed, except globally on all work-related systems, so that it doesnāt require your level of thoughtfulness!
Replying to @kfitz
What Iām after is a way to break the musical chairs cycle of email: whose box is it in when the music stops?
Replying to @kfitz
And of course I know about Boomerang/delayed send. But I want that functionality at a global level, on an automatic timer. 3:01pm Friday, you hit send, and that message arrives at 9am Monday.
Replying to @kfitz
Perhaps with an emergency override. But make no-work-email weekends the default.
Replying to @kfitz
\(This thread brought to you by my dread certainty that the colleague I emailed around noon today is going to get back to me with stuff to do just before COB\.\)
Replying to @fourthwaveprof
Having email in my inbox that I havenāt dealt with gives me hives. What I want is that schedule function to be baked in.
Replying to @billhd
Amen.
THIS. https://twitter.com/tressiemcphd/status/1271544001154383873
Replying to @EthanWatrall, @electricarchaeo, @DEJPett and @ReclaimHosting
Suuuuuper excited about that.
Replying to @electricarchaeo, @EthanWatrall, @DEJPett and @ReclaimHosting
Totally!
Replying to @EthanWatrall, @timmmmyboy and @electricarchaeo
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This is evil. https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1271540773851463681
RT @aprilbakerbell: Join me on June 30th @ 4pm for a webinar conversation about my book āLinguistic Justice.ā Lamar Johnson will be the modā¦
RT @JasonOverstreet: The most daring thing said about white supremacy Iāve heard from a politician. Wanna know why military installations hā¦
RT @wynkenhimself: And because I knew they were there it felt uncomfortable to go with my little abolish the police sign. But I did, becausā¦
RT @AzieTesfai: I can not stop sobbing. Black lives matter because only a black man would be pulled over at gun point for MISSING A STOP SIā¦
This cannot be remedied with reform. And throwing money at is only makes it worse. #abolition https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/1271741598771150848
This is what I mean. https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1271638988206604289
Replying to @kfitz
No amount of training, no rules and regulations can possibly counter that level of ingrained belief in oneās divine right.
RT @BerondaM: "Iām perceived as radical because my 'affirmation bank' is ever full, and I require deposits into my banks of authentic 'respā¦
RT @Lkshumaine: This šš» Itās not an academic freedom issue. If Hsu were ājustā a faculty member, he would be entitled to his appalling viewā¦
I got a message this week from a reader who wanted to let me know how much Generous Thinking was helping him as he prepares to move into a new leadership role. +
Replying to @kfitz
It meant a TON to hear that, especially right now. And it made me realize that I need to write and thank the authors whose work is helping me.
RT @Apereo: Open Apereo keynote, @kfitz author āGenerous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the Universityā on āCollaborative Softwareā¦
Replying to @AprilHathcock
Oh, April. I am so sorry for your loss. š
RT @JulianChambliss: #ReframingHistory returns with @shree_thorat. What can a postcolonial #DH tells us about our contemporary moment? Listā¦
RT @btopro: Awesome, @kfitz keynote from @Apereo is up already -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr8rPWTalo0&feature=youtu.be
Highly recommend to any #FOSS organization or #eā¦
RT @kaythaney: šØCall for participationšØ: @InvestInOpen is launching a project on June 29 to support institutions + higher ed in planning foā¦
Replying to @toddbutler
Ye gods, yes!
RT @toddbutler: @kfitz a complement to your earlier crusade \(quest?\) regarding Friday emails? https://twitter.com/c_d_hewson/status/1273545028837785601
WOW. https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/1273617654620790784
RT @SCOTUSblog: #SCOTUS rules against Trump administration in challenge to decision to end #DACA program, which allowed noncitizens broughtā¦
RT @mkgold: .@achdotorg is committing to a concrete set of action steps to address structural racism and anti-Blackness in our organizationā¦
RT @higgsri: Thought-provoking \(and annotate\-able\) for #digitalpedagogy
Generous Thinking: Introduction https://kfitz.info/generous-thinking-introduction/ via @kfitz
Replying to @jwolman
If I did, Iād share! But Iām hoping for one myself.
RT @sharonmleon: Yes, yes. Absolutely. I couldn't agree more. Special thanks to the MSU graduate students for their courage. https://t.co/Vā¦
RT @kimberkoz: BREAKING- Stephen Hsu, Michigan State senior vice president, research and innovation, is resigning from his leadership positā¦
Replying to @DLind and @ENBrown
Dara! Congratulations!!! You both look wonderfully happy!
Ooh, I did not know about this. Definitely going to check it out! https://twitter.com/emilymelissabee/status/1274354191545311232
RT @survivorsarmy: We all need to work to dig deeper.
\(art by @alyseruriani on Instagram\)
RT @mchris4duke: I would prefer to celebrate people of all genders doing right by the next generation every day.
This hallmark designatedā¦
Replying to @annehelen
I love how skeptical Steve still looks about this whole picture-taking business.
As I pursue some thoughts about the relationship between community, sociality, and solidarity, I find myself reading a bit of political philosophy. And, wellā¦
Replying to @kfitz
Anybody whoās read the first chapter of my last book will get my commitment to the importance of getting on the same page by carefully defining oneās terms. +
Replying to @kfitz
But this is some number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin level of term-defining.
Replying to @kfitz
I still regret having refused to take that formal logic class as an undergrad. But whew.
Replying to @plragde
I may take you up on that!
Iām looking forward to participating in the Invest in Open Infrastructure process for developing a coordinated approach to the future of key platforms and projects. +
Replying to @kfitz
IOI is seeking more input ā if youāre interested, thereās more info and a link to sign up here: https://investinopen.org/2020/06/17/reopening-plans-open-scholarship-call-for-participation.html
Well, this is bracingly terrifying. https://insidehighered.com/news/2020/06/22/working-paper-models-covid-spread-university
Thread. https://twitter.com/BerondaM/status/1275752141714530320
But Iām sure everything will be fine in the fall. https://twitter.com/SarahGLehr/status/1275884390833360896
Replying to @kfitz
If you need me, Iāll be never leaving my house again.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
So, so true. And so dismaying.
Replying to @elouson
Oh man. Thatās depressing.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
And youāre right: the SEC is just as bad. My old college bar just re-shut down due to COVID.
Replying to @wigardju
Oh no! I am so sorry to hear this. Sending you ALL the Clorox Wipes.
Replying to @veek
ARGH no no no.
RT @hralperta: What is failure in digital humanities? I don't know - but I'm so glad that at @NEH_ODH learning is fundamental to how we defā¦
Replying to @kristinarola
Oh, Iām so sorry. Such a huge loss. š
Generous thinking in the midst of a pandemic cannot come down to ābut we must deliver a high-quality educational experience or weāll go out of business!ā Health, safety, and equity for the whole community must come first, even if at the institutionās expense. https://twitter.com/kevinrmcclure/status/1276468166458322945
So true. These messages give the lie to everything our institutions claim about community and equity in their mission statements, and make all too evident the aims of the actual mission. https://twitter.com/ProfMSCaballero/status/1276481619055063040
Replying to @DrYoFiggy
HUGE and enormously well-deserved congratulations! @MSUEnglish is so lucky to have you!
Your Institution Does Not Deserve to Survive. https://kfitz.info/your-institution-does-not-deserve-to-survive/
RT @BerondaM: @DefyanTam @DrYoFiggy @MSUEnglish Congrats @DrYoFiggy, @DefyanTam , @aprilbakerbell & others getting the official vote today!ā¦
ICYMI, I got more than a little annoyed this morning, and this was the result: Your Institution Does Not Deserve to Survive. https://kfitz.info/your-institution-does-not-deserve-to-survive/
This is the kind of thing that set me off this morning. In what universe is this okay. https://twitter.com/nonmodernist/status/1276483557200986112
And this. Caring for the lives of the people that make up your institution means caring for their WHOLE lives, their actual lives as they live them. https://kfitz.info/your-institution-does-not-deserve-to-survive/ https://twitter.com/dr_tgpeterson/status/1276881915262439426
From todayās campus coronavirus update: āNews this week of a spike in positive COVID-19 cases in the East Lansing area highlight the importance and urgency of our collective work to prepare for reopening campus this fall.ā
That news highlights the ... https://kfitz.info/27-june-2020-1653/
RT @AstroKatie: This is appalling. If reopening universities would require changing liability laws such that proving *negligence* is no lonā¦
College and university executives and trustees must face reality: reopening the campus cannot be done safely. Not now. Not without a vaccine. +
Replying to @kfitz
If you make the decision to reopen anyway, you will be responsible for the deaths that follow. Morally responsible, bullshit waivers of liability notwithstanding.
RT @BerondaM: Moving ahead w/assumed trust rather than the critical step of cultivating trust & checking in for its growth before moving caā¦
RT @BerondaM: The "performance" of collegiality does not equal "cultivated" collegiality.
Coda: also see "trust", "reciprocity", "allyshiā¦
RT @imaniperry: My advice: Share the work you find beautiful and meaningful more often than you announce your rejection of the work you disā¦
RT @john_overholt: Weāre really seeing the sickness at the heart of whiteness on full display. Being asked to do something so simple for thā¦
Saving this for that moment when I have to explain to my mother why I am not getting on an airplane to come see her. https://twitter.com/BrynnTannehill/status/1277211131430535168
Replying to @brettbobley and @airplanereading
Itās my right to breathe in a vacuum if I want!
RT @JulianChambliss: The latest episode of #ReframingHistory features @roopikarisam. My thanks to her for taking the time to talk with me aā¦
A brief but important thread. https://twitter.com/BerondaM/status/1277947157627179008
RT @pmhswe: .@ProfessorEA "We are a problem-solving foundation looking to address historical inequities in the fields we fund." Excited forā¦
RT @pmhswe: Yes, the Scholarly Communications program @MellonFdn is now the Public Knowledge program, and our team is looking forward to reā¦
RT @dianne_s_harris: Pleased to announce that our program's name has changed to "Higher Learning" along with this announcement of @MellonFdā¦