Reading Time: 5 minutes Some days I feel like I’m still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up; being a writer is high on that list, but I’ve badly sabotaged myself already, for unpleasant reasons.
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Posted inEducation, General
What Do I Even Write About Fall 2020?
Reading Time: 5 minutes As you may have guessed, the fall 2020 semester kept me too busy to blog much (or at all). The challenges were immense, and I’ll outline them here for the curious.
Posted inEducation, General
Looks Like I’m Back on Campus This Fall
Reading Time: 4 minutes In a rather unexpected turn of events, the university that let me go has asked me back for this academic year. Is it risky? Yes. Am I doing it? Also yes.
Posted inCulture, Education, General
Thoughts on Vocation, Privilege, and Specialization
Reading Time: 12 minutes Finding my way to a new career involves examining my thoughts on vocation or calling, as well as what to do with my existing specialization and privilege.
Posted inEducation, General
I’m Essentially a Knowledge-Worker; How Do I Do My Job When I Don’t Have a Job?
Reading Time: 6 minutes I’ve been in higher education my entire adult life. This is what I do. This is what I’m good at. What do I do once that job is gone?
Posted inEducation, General, Myth & Folklore
Looks Like I’m Going Alt-Ac Again
Reading Time: 8 minutes I’m soon to join the ranks of the pandemic unemployed. Mostly I’m alternating between devastated and numb, but maybe I’ll have time for more writing and blogging this way?
Posted inEducation, General
Positionality and My Writing on Dance
Reading Time: 4 minutes Pausing to reflect on one’s social positioning in regard to one’s writing is a good thing to do…preferably before publishing said piece of writing. Here are a few thoughts on my recent work on the belly dance debates.
Posted inEducation, General, Myth & Folklore
Should Folklorists Blog?
Reading Time: 5 minutes The answer, obviously, is yes on some level, because this folklorist is definitely blogging right now, but I want to dig in a bit deeper as to why we might want to blog, or why we might want to abstain, and whom this benefits.
Posted inEducation, General, Myth & Folklore, Sex & Gender
The #MeToo Take Two Panel at #AFSAM19 (Part 2 of 2)
Reading Time: 4 minutes Part of grappling with sexual assault from a folklorist’s perspective means taking into account how it impacts communities and their cultures, and wow are there some ethical considerations to be discussed.
Posted inEducation, General, Myth & Folklore, Sex & Gender
The #MeToo Take Two Panel at #AFSAM19 (Part 1 of 2)
Reading Time: 5 minutes One of the highlights of the recent American Folklore Society meeting was a panel discussing events in #MeToo, what folklorists can specifically contribute to the discussion, and continuing problems with abuse/assault in our field. In what follows, I’ll summarize some of the highlights of the panel on #MeToo (labeled “Take Two” because we had an […]