Posts by _bydbach_@hcommons.social
 (DIR) Post #AZF1N0KphdW2XJ6Q52 by _bydbach_@hcommons.social
       2023-08-29T11:34:39Z
       
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       It is the year 2023, and I'm getting booted off a conference programme because "presentations have been planned as an in-person event" and the facilities don't have the required technical set-up.Wow!The only way this argument flies at all is that on campus presenters will not have access to the internet and their PPT slides have to be transformed into actual dia-positive slides for use on a manually handled projector? (I know the campus, BTW. Neither is the case.)In danger of sounding like an entitled whatever, this is a plain lazy and, frankly, privileged and exclusionary excuse! in 2013, when I organised my first ever own conference, we managed to have two remote presenters from two different time zones present remotely and it worked.@academicchatter
       
 (DIR) Post #AZF1N1BIYZU1A1eJrE by _bydbach_@hcommons.social
       2023-08-29T12:03:30Z
       
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       I'm mostly angry about the complete cognitive disconnect between the academic discipline behind the conference series and the real-life implications the organisers' attitude has for (potential) participants.Scenario 1: I'm a single parent and can't get childcare.Conference: Too bad. We're in-person.Scenario 2: I have a (in/visable) disability that makes in-person difficult/impossible.Conference: Too bad. We're in-person.Scenario 3: I can't afford to travel.Conference: Too bad. We're in-person.Scenario 4: I've seen the name of a presenter on a programme who makes me unsafe.Conference: Too bad. We're in-person.Scenario 5: I have lived experience to share, but have to remain anonymous for several reasons.Conference: Too bad. We're in-person.
       
 (DIR) Post #AaEt968RqnXzETgAca by _bydbach_@hcommons.social
       2023-09-28T22:01:55Z
       
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       @oatmeal @histodons Here is a non-paywalled version of the same article:https://web.archive.org/web/20230928162306/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/28/slave-trade-monarchy-uk-archives/
       
 (DIR) Post #AbSWXdeA0qwNKzZ2nY by _bydbach_@hcommons.social
       2023-11-04T09:46:48Z
       
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       @Wolven I'd even go further. A lot of academics are stoked to share the published versions because they disagree with paywalls.
       
 (DIR) Post #AbWPbOTMRwnAO4CDvU by _bydbach_@hcommons.social
       2023-11-06T06:46:37Z
       
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       @textfiles aka "#OpenAccess ECCO".
       
 (DIR) Post #AqZhuIIjpm5DaGZARc by _bydbach_@hcommons.social
       2025-01-29T12:58:47Z
       
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       @futurebird Crifting?