The Authority File Round-Up: April 2023
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In one of our episodes from last month, guest Nduka Otiono reflected on how the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic influenced his collection DisPlace: The Poetry of Nduka Otiono. The isolation, fear, and death that surrounded us no doubt impacted our professional, personal, and artistic lives, which begs the question: how will history look back on this period? How will our social media posts, news media, diary entries, and entertainment inform later generations on the cultural climate and collective psyche?
Last month, our first series included Nduka and the editor of his poetry collection. The second featured an academic and Adam Matthew Digital editor who examined primary source use. Though disparate subjects, the two tie together ideas of what we leave behind. Issues that we wrestle with today, whether through journalistic or poetic means, help us understand our present and leave clues for the future. Whose voices are brought to the fore? Whose are silenced? How can what we create reveal who we are and where we want to go?
Here’s a quick round-up of the episodes, in case you missed them. We hope you find the discussions interesting, thought-provoking, and timely. Thanks for listening!
Nduka Otiono and Peter Midgley join the program to discuss DisPlace: The Poetry of Nduka Otiono. They explore the collection’s creation, the politics of language, and how the text interrogates themes of identity, the African diaspora, and western ideas of literature. Brought to you by Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Dr. Rebecca Crites, a research fellow at the University of Warwick, and Felix Barnes, an editor at Adam Matthew Digital, dig into the importance and current landscape of primary source literacy. Becky highlights primary source use in the classroom and in her own research, while Felix underscores digital primary source tools at Adam Matthew, as well as new technology advancing the field. Brought to you by Adam Matthew Digital.
Two guests from Springer Nature, Caroline Nevison, Director of Commercial Transition OA, and Dr. Ritu Dhand, Vice President Editorial Nature Journals, discussed the future of open science. Touching on transformative agreements, open versus subscriber-based content, and open research’s impact on society, Caroline and Ritu bring both an editorial and marketing perspective to the topic. What open science practices has Springer Nature adopted? What are its impacts on the broader marketplace? How have hybrid policies affected library-publisher relationships?
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We have two fantastic series this month. First, Simon Dalby, author of Anthropocene Geopolitics: Globalization, Security, Sustainability, connects issues of borders and security with climate change. Simon walks through how current geopolitics must factor in planetary boundaries to achieve a sustainable future and prevent the devastating effects of the climate crisis. What is the Anthropocene period? How does climate change play a role in our political, economic, social, and public health security? You can find the first episode here.
Our second series features three guests who specialize in the field of community music: Lee Willingham, editor of Community Music at the Boundaries, and Mary Cohen and Stuart Duncan, co-authors of the forthcoming Music-Making in U. S. Prisons: Listening to Incarcerated Voices. Lee, Mary, and Stuart contemplate the fluid definition of community music and its inherent ties to activism and social justice. How does this grassroots-led subsection of music education fit into the academy? Click here to listen to the first episode.
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A quick overview of last month's episodes, in case you missed them
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A quick overview of last month's episodes, in case you missed them
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