Good talk in favour of innovation in research and publishing in the field of humanities and Armenian Studies. Yes please, innovate. Resist identity affirmation work and "look at us" work - it's done to death when little new is created. Regarding writing, I agree with Shushan, yes, read the acknowledgement section of books; and make them more than just a list of names to whom thanks are given. Love glossaries too. Attaching documents in an appendix can be useful. Why am I a stick in the mud about all that? I love books and have been a book publishing lawyer since 1983. A link to the text of the talk would be useful. One thing Armenian institutions don't do enough on UA-cam channels is to populate the description field with more than just a short abstract and contact details. Do more, add references, add links to a speaker's social presence, and add links to related videos. On another positive note, thank you USC Institute of Armenian Studies for allowing comments on your UA-cam channel. A remarkable number of Armenian institutions operate on UA-cam with comments turned off. I'm not aware of any reason that can justify that. I say that having been active on the internet at senior levels in Australia since the mid-1990s.
Good talk in favour of innovation in research and publishing in the field of humanities and Armenian Studies. Yes please, innovate. Resist identity affirmation work and "look at us" work - it's done to death when little new is created.
Regarding writing, I agree with Shushan, yes, read the acknowledgement section of books; and make them more than just a list of names to whom thanks are given. Love glossaries too. Attaching documents in an appendix can be useful. Why am I a stick in the mud about all that? I love books and have been a book publishing lawyer since 1983.
A link to the text of the talk would be useful. One thing Armenian institutions don't do enough on UA-cam channels is to populate the description field with more than just a short abstract and contact details. Do more, add references, add links to a speaker's social presence, and add links to related videos.
On another positive note, thank you USC Institute of Armenian Studies for allowing comments on your UA-cam channel. A remarkable number of Armenian institutions operate on UA-cam with comments turned off. I'm not aware of any reason that can justify that. I say that having been active on the internet at senior levels in Australia since the mid-1990s.