angshah – THATCamp Southern California 2012 http://socal2012.thatcamp.org The Humanities and Technology Camp Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:48:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 Session: Writing for Broad Audiences http://socal2012.thatcamp.org/2012/08/21/session-writing-for-broad-audiences/ http://socal2012.thatcamp.org/2012/08/21/session-writing-for-broad-audiences/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:31:59 +0000 http://socal2012.thatcamp.org/?p=348

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We had a session at THATCamp Prime called Public Scholars Unite! The discussion touched on a lot of interesting ideas and questions about how and why scholars should (or shouldn’t) connect with broad audiences via mass media, blogs and social media.

I’d like to facilitate a discussion more specifically about writing. A lot of the really amazing websites and programs THATCampers create benefit greatly from really good writing. I want to discuss how scholars might better communicate their ideas, especially those who work on contemporary issues, outside their fields.

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