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Roblin: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: A bold and refreshing idea
Forum Post, September, 14 2010
Stephen Roblin
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I'll check this out.
Roblin: Re: Looking for....
Forum Post, September, 14 2010
Stephen Roblin
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First, I like how you're framing the discussion--that society is so incredibly complex that we're limited to understanding what is on the surface. For this reason, it makes studying society more easy than say physics or football, areas whe...
Garrigues: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: A bold and refreshing idea
Forum Post, September, 14 2010
Chris Garrigues
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Human Rights in the Path of Resistance: the Use of Polical Violence as a Means for Achieving Rights in Sri Lanka
Roblin: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: A bold and refreshing idea
Forum Post, September, 14 2010
Stephen Roblin
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This is an interesting idea. I find myself more and more writing as I go. For example, before leaving a text, I mine it for key facts, analyses, and references to other works. I didn't know you've written on Sri Lanka. Do you have any art...
Roblin: Re: Re: Re: A bold and refreshing idea
Forum Post, September, 14 2010
Stephen Roblin
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That's a great example! In the case of basketball, the parameters couldn't be clearer -- the goal is to win and the rules are evident to every basketball player. It's not all that different from OAS as the goals (producing a spec...
Albert: Our Future: Introduction
Forum Post, September, 13 2010
Michael Albert
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Draft IIntroduction
Albert: Looking for....
Forum Post, September, 13 2010
Michael Albert
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Reactions to the introduction and table of contents...
Garrigues:
Forum Post, September, 13 2010
Chris Garrigues
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I'm hesitant to say anything much because "Introduction" chapters are summarily more concise and superficial than the meat of any text. In that case, I'd prefer to emphasize what I see as a strong point in order to undersco...
Garrigues: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: A bold and refreshing idea
Forum Post, September, 13 2010
Chris Garrigues
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I had some dissertation writing workshops that encouraged writers to have a few questions and seek out the literature on answering those. Then one would write a little bit until new questions arose, which would be followed by seeking out the...
Garrigues: Re: Re: A bold and refreshing idea
Forum Post, September, 13 2010
Chris Garrigues
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A good sports example of creativity within a defined structure is the pro basketball player who follows the rules of the game. Michael Jordan is an amazing basketball player because he can do what he does within the parameters of basketball ...
Albert: Writing A New Book - Help
Forum Post, September, 13 2010
Michael Albert
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A draft table of contents and introduction of a new book - for your comments...
Roblin: Re: Re: Re: Re: A bold and refreshing idea
Forum Post, September, 13 2010
Stephen Roblin
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"I have a friend who does this too - but - he writes about contemporary events and is incredibly scrupulous about uncovering everything anyone has written about what he is addressing - and so, he does a ton of research, gets ready to write, a...
Albert: Re: Re: Re: A bold and refreshing idea
Forum Post, September, 13 2010
Michael Albert
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My usual way of handling research when writing something that takes a lot - is to do it all, before writing - precisely so I don't write and then discover something which causes me to have to rewrite...I have a friend who does this too - but - he ...
Roblin: Re: Re: A bold and refreshing idea
Forum Post, September, 13 2010
Stephen Roblin
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I found the class you held on writing to be EXTREMELY helpful. I'm learning that the worse thing to do is to do ALL the research and then go back and write. I'm trying to write as I research, hopefully this speeds things up for me. Quick que...
Albert: Re: A bold and refreshing idea
Forum Post, September, 13 2010
Michael Albert
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Glad you like the idea - you are the first to join the group - hopefully there will be some more!I think you are quite right about operating within a defined procedure - even shape - think sonnets...on shape. On procedure, almost all pr...
Roblin: A bold and refreshing idea
Forum Post, September, 13 2010
Stephen Roblin
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Michael,I don't think your idea is presumptuous at all. In fact, I've asked myself how I could make my research and writing more collaborative, participatory, and transparent. I'm trying to accomplish this with my Zspace page. I may consider follo...
