@MordantC
Oh, and @tommyyum is a good follow. I think we have a connection he doesn’t know about, but it don’t matter - interesting stuff.

If you look up the #scholars hashtag, you’ll sometimes find Google sheets full of subject experts worth following, too.

This evening I watched a webinar on the future of #AI. Panelists were #developers and #scholars and an #ethicist and the like.

The last point was how all of this has been packaged as a game and, thus, seen as “harmless,” because it’s a game. It was, the commentator offered, a caution against Big Tech and the successes herein.

You should have seen all those panelists nodding along in agreement.

From: @arstechnica
https://geeknews.chat/@arstechnica/110109371588484881

Many #scholars are beginning to wonder what it will be like when a generation of #students #graduates from #college with less education of the human past than ever before. #highereducation #humanities #EnglishDepartment #Englishmajor #historymajor https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/06/the-end-of-the-english-major

Yale is expanding its Scholars at Risk program, which welcomes scholars facing dangerous conditions worldwide to campus so they can continue their work.

https://news.yale.edu/2023/02/07/yale-expands-efforts-protect-scholars-risk

#yale #YaleDivinitySchool #scholars #scholarship

THE COLLEGE BOARD REMOVES KIMBERLÉ W. CRENSHAW, BELL HOOKS, TA-NEHISI COATES AND SEVERAL OTHER THINKERS FROM CURRICULUM FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

https://www.blackenterprise.com/the-college-board-removes-kimberle-w-crenshaw-bell-hooks-ta-nehisi-coates-and-several-other-thinkers-from-curriculum-for-african-american-studies/

The College Board has released its official curriculum for its new Advanced Placement (AP) course in #African #American studies following criticism from Gov. Ron #DeSantis and the #Florida Department of #Education that it “lacked educational value.”

According to the New York Times, the 234-page curriculum framework was unveiled on Wednesday with many of the topics previously subjected to criticism from the #governor and other #conservatives stripped from the course.

#College Board ushered out a number of #Black #writers and #scholars associated with critical #race theory, #queer studies, and Black #feminism, which were found in the pilot curriculum tested out in schools across the country this year. Black Lives Matter was also stripped as a required topic of the course, while “Black conservatism” was added.

Content covering #Africa, #slavery, Reconstruction, and the civil rights movement was seemingly untouched and is still included in the updated curriculum. However, contemporary topics like affirmative action, queer life, the debate over #reparations, and the aforementioned Black Lives Matters will no longer be a part of the AP exam and are only presented in a list of options for a required #research project.

The revised #curriculum comes after DeSantis announced that he would block the AP African American Studies course based on its draft version. Florida education officials said its contents wasn’t historically accurate and violated state law.

The expelled educators include Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, a law professor at #Columbia, Roderick Ferguson, a #Yale professor who has written about queer social movements; and Ta-Nehisi Coates, the author who has made the case for reparations for slavery. Also, bell hooks, whose work is centered on race, feminism and class.

David Coleman, the head of the #College Board, denied that the course was watered down due to #political pressure.

“At the College Board, we can’t look to statements of political leaders,” Coleman added. The changes, he said, came from “the input of professors” and “longstanding A.P. principles.”

In a letter published on Tuesday (Jan. 31), more than 200 faculty members accused DeSantis of trying “to intimidate the College Board into appeasement” with his public condemnation of the course.

Crenshaw added that she was disappointed that the Florida Department of Education targeted topics related to #intersectionality, Black feminism, and queer theory. “African American history is not just male. It’s not just straight. It’s not just middle class,” she said. “It has to tell the story of all of us.”

Activist, writer, scholar Angela Davis and Toni Morrison in 1974.
Photograph by Jill Krementz

At the time, writer Toni Morrison worked in publishing and was editing Davis's autobiography.

Happy birthday, Angela Davis, Born Jan. 26, 1944.

#AngelaDavis #ToniMorrison #BlackFriday #BlackScholars #scholars #womenWriters #BlackWomenWriters

More #AI #ML #scholars
@jlsori@mastodon.cloud @codeawayhaley
@agaudeul @nick @kisharrington @zainsyed @cameron @thegibson @Snuggle @jasondilworth @dilmandila @mike @drwho
@jeffcliff
@dragfyre

#article for #legal #scholars on the concept of legal capabilities, with Ann-Katrin Habbig, now #openaccess in the latest issue of the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19452829.2022.2082392

#capabilityappraoch

#article for #legal #scholars on the concept of legal capabilities, with Ann-Katrin Habbig, now #openaccess in the latest issue of the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19452829.2022.2082392

#capabilityappraoch

For me the best thing about the bird site was following #writers #scholars and #journalists because those are my people up and down. Can you all suggest journalists to follow? Taking all suggests!

Hi Mastodon! I’m new here and happy to join with an #introduction 😊 I’m a #CriticalDataStudies researcher and am most interested in ways to educate about #datafication ( #dataliteracy / #criticaldataliteracy ). I’d love to connect with #scholars, #educators and other practitioners to catch up about all things #data.
Looking forward to spending more time in this decentral social media world - yay! 💪🏼🤓

Take a look #management #scholars find this on #linkedin.

Additional #Interests

#ClassicalMusic
#ChamberMusic
#Architecture
#Photography
#B&WPhotography
#MedievalHistory
#Vikings
#Languages
#History
#Books
#Ballet
#Theater
#PerformingArts
#Yoga
#Science
#Academia
#Scholars
#Prehistory
#Psychology
#AncientHistory
#Archeology
#Archaeology
#Religion
#LGBTQ+

Posted lists of #academics by @hendrikerz & @josh on #Twitter for #scholars trying to find each other on #Mastodon I am added to “Nazis against Free Speech” list. I am angry, & amused. As daughter of a poor factory worker, an anti-establishment #journalist, #brown #woman who’s led life her way, I’ve been called many names. I’ve fought hard to be what & where I am & proud of it. This N word is a surprise bt bring it on, world. I’ll F you twice over! #TwitterOFF #HoldtheLine @academicchatter

Posted lists of #academics by @hendrikerz & @josh on #Twitter for #scholars & I am added to “Nazis against Free Speech” T-list. I am both angry, & amused. As an daughter of a poor factory worker, anti-establishment #journalist, #brown #woman who’s led life her way, I’ve been called so many names. I’ve fought hard to be what & where I am & proud. N word is a surprise bt bring it on, world. I’ll F you twice over! #TwitterOFF #HoldtheLine @academicchatter

I'm seeing a faculty member get praised by many on Twitter for pivoting to asynchronous classes "in support" of the UC strike. Please note that UAW is *not* asking TT faculty to change class formats, they are asking faculty to *cancel classes and assignments entirely.* Teaching asynchronously is still teaching; teaching is crossing the picket line. Don't be a scab. #histodons #academia #scholars #UC #UCstrike #UAW #labor #unions

I'm seeing a faculty member get praised by many on Twitter for pivoting to asynchronous classes "in support" of the UC strike. Please note that UAW is *not* asking TT faculty to change class formats, they are asking faculty to *cancel classes and assignments entirely.* Teaching asynchronously is still teaching; teaching is crossing the picket line. Don't be a scab. #histodons #academia #scholars #UC #UCstrike #UAW #labor #unions

Our multilingual editor, Monica Gonzalez-Correa:
"I want this magazine to dig deep into the everyday banal realities of #racism, as well as its global scale. There is a treasure trove of academic research that can help us to understand so much of what is happening. The task of bringing that intelligence to the world is urgent." #activism #scholars

There are some interesting #mastodon servers listed in this quick start guide for #humanities #scholars by @amv

Now I’m wondering if there’s a #mythology server or not 🤔

#gamification #Scholars #phd #academic, do we have our own instance/group/list yet? Who’s into “dark play”? Let’s talk?

Refer: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781315738680/dark-side-game-play-torill-elvira-mortensen-jonas-linderoth-ashley-ml-brown?refId=f335b871-4c52-4a21-86c5-7440792b3bd3&context=ubx