medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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The Digital Medievalist Community of Practice and the Medieval
Academy’s Digital Initiatives Advisory Board are organising a poster
session for speakers on digital topics in medieval studies this year
at the International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, May
12-15. The Poster session will be held on Friday, May 13, at 7:00 pm.
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Wait - what's a poster session?
The way a poster session works is that all participants have space to
set up a poster (and / or a computer if the presentation involves a
software demonstration of some sort, and maybe a hand-out too), and
people who attend the session are free to walk through and see the
posters, and talk to the presenters. There isn't really a formal
presentation, nor a time constraint. In the past when I've presented
posters I've found it very helpful to have a couple of minutes of
patter - almost an elevator pitch, just enough to give people an idea
of what I'm working on. Some people pass right by; others might spend
more time and ask a lot of questions, it just depends. It's quite a
different experience from giving a traditional presentation, much more
informal and more personal as well.
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This is a meta-session intended for speakers *who have already had a
paper accepted at another session at the congress*. Its purpose is to
allow for followup, the presentation of additional details or
demonstrations, and also simply as a way of letting people catch up on
papers they might have missed because of scheduling conflicts. An
informal session at the 2009 Congress was extremely well attended,
with lots of discussion, questions, and posters.
Posters are welcome on any aspect of the use of digital media, tools,
techniques, and principles in medieval studies. The only restriction
is that they must be associated with a paper already accepted for
presentation at the 2011 Congress. Acceptable posters might share
exactly the same focus and the presented paper, or they might focus on
the presentation, demonstration, or elaboration of aspects from the
presentation that are better suited to the poster format.
If you are interested in presenting a poster, please contact the
session organisers, Dot Porter ([log in to unmask]), Jim Ginther
([log in to unmask]), or Dan O’Donnell ([log in to unmask]) for
further information or inquiries.
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Dot Porter (MA, MSLS)
Digital Medievalist, Digital Librarian
Email: [log in to unmask]
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