Digital Transformation in the PLM domain - distrib.pdf
Intro slidecast, jankowski, internet practice, part 2, draft4, 18 feb2012
1. DOING DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP:
DISCOVERING AND USING DIGITAL
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TOOLS IN ACADEMIC WORK
INTERNET PRACTICE: PART 2
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Informal Introduction
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences
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Nicholas W. Jankowski
Adjunct Professor, University of Ljubljana
Associate Researcher
KNAW e-Humanities Group
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
nickjan@xs4all.nl
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2. Jankowski: short bio
Nicholas W. Jankowski is Associate Researcher at the e-Humanities Group in the
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Netherlands. He has been researching community and new media since the mid-
1970s. He has co-edited some half-dozen books on community media, research
methodology and new media. Recent volumes include: Internet and National
Elections: A Comparative Study of Web Campaigning (Routledge, 2007), e-Research:
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Transformation of Scholarly Practice (Routledge, 2009), and The Long History of New
Media (Peter Lang, 2011). Jankowski is co-editor of the journal New Media & Society.
He is founding board member of the European Institute of Communication and
Culture (Euricom) and editor of the Hampton Press book series Euricom Monographs:
New Media and Democracy.
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8. Course Features
• Sessions in English
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• Workshop style; not a seminar (but very intensive)
• Limited formal writing; instead: exercises with ‘building blocks’
• Emphasis: exploration of & practice using digital scholarly tools
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But:
• quality scholarship: independent of tools (digital or analogue)
• quality scholarship related to:
• addressing a problem from theoretical perspective
• presentating relevant literature & evidence
• formulating an argument
• drawing conclusions extending beyond what already known 8
11. Concluding Remarks
• Check out the hyperlinks on the syllabus, available at
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http://tinyurl.com/79jvofj
• Practice (academic) blogging
• Enjoy Part 1 of the course!!!
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Thank you!
Nick Jankowski
nickjan@xs4all.nl
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