{"id":134,"date":"2024-08-27T03:12:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T03:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=134"},"modified":"2024-09-11T04:41:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T04:41:57","slug":"september-11-what-values-animate-your-research","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/portfolio\/september-11-what-values-animate-your-research\/","title":{"rendered":"September 11: What Values Animate Your Research?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-29-at-2.55.35-AM-1024x661.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-29-at-2.55.35-AM-1024x661.png 1024w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-29-at-2.55.35-AM-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-29-at-2.55.35-AM-768x496.png 768w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-29-at-2.55.35-AM-1536x992.png 1536w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-29-at-2.55.35-AM-738x477.png 738w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-29-at-2.55.35-AM-1458x942.png 1458w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-29-at-2.55.35-AM-996x643.png 996w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-29-at-2.55.35-AM.png 1852w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Lemm, <a href=\"https:\/\/davidlemm.co.uk\/Studies-for-a-New-Normal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Studies for a New Normal<\/a>; used with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now that we\u2019ve discussed the benefits and risks of thinking about theory and methods rigorously, systematically, capaciously, and promiscuously, let\u2019s consider how that exploration and experimentation can \u2014 and <em>should<\/em> \u2014 be driven by our epistemological and ethical commitments, perhaps even by values contrary to the predominant \u201coperating principles\u201d of our field and of higher education as a whole. How might we choose or design methods for conducting, expressing, and sharing our work that reflect the values central to our own practices \u2014 and the values that could define how research circulates within and informs the broader intellectual landscape and our social and material worlds?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">WORKSHOP, 5:30-6:30pm: <\/mark><\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asc.upenn.edu\/people\/faculty\/matt-parker-phd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Matt Parker<\/strong><\/a>, Gilbert Seldes Multimodal Postdoctoral Fellow in Annenberg [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthkeptwarm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">personal website<\/a>], and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedp.com\/article\/2024\/03\/penn-civic-house-executive-director-carrie-hutnick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Carrie Hutnick<\/strong><\/a>, Executive Director of Penn&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/civichouse.upenn.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Civic House<\/a>, will be joining us, and, with Shannon, we&#8217;ll talk about our commitments to open-access scholarship, public engagement, creative research, environmental stewardship, social justice and other values. <\/mark><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"> <\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TO PREPARE FOR TODAY:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Reminder:<\/mark><\/strong> Please remember to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1f0KrXzq_u-IzYcCWX5EO3CHG_7zPmUhqdSuHgA4u8VM\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sign up<\/a> for your liaison group! \ud83d\ude42&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1vJIkktKLQCnNoR5EuWsIO6u4trqkILBT3e6PtrvWMVE\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Share one of your three reading responses<\/a> by noon, if you like.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Critiquing Prevalent Institutional Values:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Skim <\/em>through some of the titles in Greg Britton, Jeffrey Williams, and Christopher Newfield\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.press.jhu.edu\/books\/series\/critical-university-studies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cCritical University Studies\u201d book series<\/a> for Johns Hopkins University Press.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Skim<\/em> through the website for my 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/redesigningacademy.wordsinspace.net\/spring2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Redesigning the Academy<\/a> course.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How Do Institutions Define Ethics + Accountability?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Skim<\/em> through the contents of Ron Iphofen and Martin Tolich\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/methods-sagepub-com.proxy.library.upenn.edu\/book\/the-sage-handbook-of-qualitative-research-ethics-srm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research Ethics<\/em><\/a> (SAGE, 2018).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Skim<\/em> through the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/irb.upenn.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Human Research Protection Program<\/a> site \u2014&nbsp;particularly the <a href=\"https:\/\/irb.upenn.edu\/homepage\/biomedical-homepage\/student-researchers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guidance for Student Researchers<\/a> in Social Behavioral Research. Contrast this approach to \u201cethics review\u201d with Liboiron\u2019s concern with \u201cright relations.\u201d If you\u2019re interested to know more about the critiques of traditional institutional review boards, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.are.na\/shannon-mattern\/_on-human-subjects-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arena on Institutional Review Boards<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Establishing Other Values-Enacted Frameworks:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nicky Agate, Rebecca Kennison, Stacy Konkiel, Christopher P. Long, Jason Rhody, Simone Sacchi, and Penelope Weber, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41599-020-00647-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Transformative Power of Values-Enacted Scholarship<\/a>,\u201d <em>Humanities &amp; Social Sciences Communications <\/em>7 (2020) (thanks to Jason Rhody!).&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Valuing Diverse Forms of Knowledge Production, Public Engagement and Inclusivity:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shannon Mattern, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/wordsinspace.net\/2010\/08\/20\/forms-of-scholarship-multimodal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forms of Scholarship: Multimodal<\/a>,\u201d <em>Words in Space <\/em>(2010) [When I have more time<em> <\/em>\ud83d\ude2b, I\u2019ll incorporate more of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.are.na\/shannon-mattern\/_multimodal-scholarship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">these newer resources<\/a>, which you needn\u2019t read but are welcome to skim].<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/podtail.com\/en\/podcast\/cultures-of-energy\/184-natalie-loveless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Natalie Loveless<\/a>,\u201d <em>Cultures of Energy <\/em>[podcast] 184 (July 4, 2019): start @ 13:00. Loveless is the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/franklin.library.upenn.edu\/catalog\/FRANKLIN_9977709891503681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>How to Make Art at the End of the World: A Manifesto for Research-Creation<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>(Duke University Press, 2019); you might choose to read the book at a later date.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What resources exist at Penn to support multimodal work? Check out Penn\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pricelab.sas.upenn.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Price Lab for Digital Humanities<\/a>, Penn Libraries\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.upenn.edu\/ec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Education Commons<\/a> (crafting and makerspaces), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camrapenn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CAMRA<\/a>, the Collective for Advancing Multimodal Research Arts, here at Penn.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We\u2019ll also talk about citation politics and public and open scholarship in our lesson on writing and publishing in a few weeks.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Optional for PhD Students:<\/mark> Valuing a More Pluralistic Academic Trajectory<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Katina L. Rogers, <a href=\"https:\/\/franklin.library.upenn.edu\/catalog\/FRANKLIN_9977796140303681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Putting the Humanities PhD to Work: Thriving in and Beyond the Classroom<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>(Duke University Press, 2020): especially \u201cExpanding Definitions of Scholarly Success,\u201d 57-75; \u201cStudents: How to Put Your PhD to Work,\u201d 101-27; and \u201cTen Ways to Begin,\u201d 131-6.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stacy M. Hartman and Bianca C. Williams, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/lareviewofbooks.org\/article\/the-future-of-doctoral-education-four-provocations-for-a-more-just-and-sustainable-academy\/?mc_cid=a5f9026e83&amp;mc_eid=b222ee43f6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Future of Doctoral Education: Four Provocations for a More Just and Sustainable Academy<\/a>,\u201d <em>Los Angeles Review of Books <\/em>(May 29, 2023).&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1rPfxwQqFcL3dT-Eas7Uqbxli_vnGUgMnVJSzmNNSeYU\/embed?start=false&#038;loop=false&#038;delayms=3000\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"960\" height=\"569\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DavidLemm_-Rationale-Process-3-_2024_Screenprint-admiralty-chart-reclaimed-steel-birch-plywood-on-reclaimed-shuttering-plywood_110x74cm_01-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DavidLemm_-Rationale-Process-3-_2024_Screenprint-admiralty-chart-reclaimed-steel-birch-plywood-on-reclaimed-shuttering-plywood_110x74cm_01-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DavidLemm_-Rationale-Process-3-_2024_Screenprint-admiralty-chart-reclaimed-steel-birch-plywood-on-reclaimed-shuttering-plywood_110x74cm_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DavidLemm_-Rationale-Process-3-_2024_Screenprint-admiralty-chart-reclaimed-steel-birch-plywood-on-reclaimed-shuttering-plywood_110x74cm_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DavidLemm_-Rationale-Process-3-_2024_Screenprint-admiralty-chart-reclaimed-steel-birch-plywood-on-reclaimed-shuttering-plywood_110x74cm_01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DavidLemm_-Rationale-Process-3-_2024_Screenprint-admiralty-chart-reclaimed-steel-birch-plywood-on-reclaimed-shuttering-plywood_110x74cm_01-738x492.jpg 738w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DavidLemm_-Rationale-Process-3-_2024_Screenprint-admiralty-chart-reclaimed-steel-birch-plywood-on-reclaimed-shuttering-plywood_110x74cm_01-1458x972.jpg 1458w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DavidLemm_-Rationale-Process-3-_2024_Screenprint-admiralty-chart-reclaimed-steel-birch-plywood-on-reclaimed-shuttering-plywood_110x74cm_01-996x664.jpg 996w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DavidLemm_-Rationale-Process-3-_2024_Screenprint-admiralty-chart-reclaimed-steel-birch-plywood-on-reclaimed-shuttering-plywood_110x74cm_01-1992x1328.jpg 1992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Lemm, <a href=\"https:\/\/davidlemm.co.uk\/Rationale-Process\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rationale + Process, 2024<\/a>; used with permission <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ll share these in class:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aydelotte.swarthmore.edu\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aydelotte Foundation<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/diymethods.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DIY Methods<\/a> project and the <a href=\"http:\/\/lowcarbonmethods.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Low-Carbon Methods Research Group<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emily Esten, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/commonplace.knowledgefutures.org\/pub\/ombqtf3y\/release\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parsing Process<\/a>,\u201d <em>CommonPlace <\/em>(April 5, 2023).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shannon Mattern, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectural-review.com\/essays\/surveillance-space-protest-encampments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Surveillance Space: Urban Infrastructures of Control,<\/a>\u201d <em>The Architectural Review <\/em>(August 5, 2024).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steven Mintz, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/opinion\/blogs\/higher-ed-gamma\/2024\/05\/02\/student-protests-catalyst-reflection-higher-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Student Activism as a Catalyst for Institutional Reflection<\/a>,\u201d <em>Inside Higher Education <\/em>(May 2, 2024).&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that we\u2019ve discussed the benefits and risks of thinking about theory and methods rigorously, systematically, capaciously, and promiscuously, let\u2019s consider how that exploration and experimentation can \u2014 and should \u2014 be driven by our epistemological and ethical commitments, perhaps even by values contrary to the predominant \u201coperating principles\u201d of our field and of higher &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio-category":[3],"portfolio-tag":[],"class_list":["post-134","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio-category-schedule-readings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222,"href":"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/134\/revisions\/222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio-category?post=134"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio-tag?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}