It's been hectic at work--the academic year finishes for us on Friday and there's been the usual push to tie up loose ends, say goodbye to the leavers and start to fix landmarks for the new term / new year with colleagues.
I have learned that my grant application was successful, so I have funds available from Guildhall to make research trips and purchase resources over the summer vacation. I'm very excited by this, particularly as I can now definitely attend the 'Tinderbox for Research' meeting in Denmark in August. Note to self: must book my place and my travel...
I'm currently in awe of my own ignorance of this whole 'container' topic--there is so much recent work to review! I came across two websites today which are the home of fascinating projects and are going to be worthy of close attention:
The Institute for the Future of the Book (US-based)
Knowledge Media Institute (at The Open University, UK)
I must also learn how to post links and pictures here. I'll do that, then add them to everything so far before proceeding any further.
About Me
- Brinley
- I'm a historian, an orchestral musician and a senior tutor at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. After completing my PhD, I found myself utterly frozen by the thought of having to rewrite any of that material for professional publication. I'm just about to start thawing, I think, some ten years later. I've become fascinated (okay, obssessed) by information management software recently and I shall be using this blog to develop ideas in advance of a paper I'm giving at a European conference in December. I qualified and registered as a psychotherapist three years ago and I run a small private practice alongside my university 'day job'. All of these interests finally seem to be meeting, if only loosely as yet, in the questions "how do I know what I know about [insert topic of choice] and how can I tell other people what I know about that?". I live in the middle of London with my partner (who is much more knowledgeable about new media and communication channels than I am); a very odd dog lodges with us. Espresso is inappropriately imporant in my life.
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