World building I watch Game Of Thrones – I’m not particularly proud of it, but it’s a bit of a guilty pleasure. I think that its great strength in the early stages was a willingness to violate time honoured rules of narrative in fantasy – most obviously to let anyone, anyone, die at any moment.ContinueContinue reading “Diary v.6?”
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I’ve had two posts in my head now for so long that the passage of time has changed their meaning quite significantly. The first one was a post about podcasts. It was inspired by Serial, the series that launched a thousand podcasts and that showed that serious investigative journalism and public concentration spans are perhapsContinueContinue reading
Three outputs, one double weighted
Or, towards a scholarship for the 21st century. A colleague in the UK Japanese studies community has declared 2015 to be the year of social media for his research efforts. For a few reasons – the new year, the release of the REF results and looking towards the next iteration, planning my own personal goals,ContinueContinue reading “Three outputs, one double weighted”
Fireflies 