Re: [xmca] A Modest Proposal for Intergenerational Assistance

[mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>]

Thanks Vera--
I think Tammy from LCHC was going to survey the results of the first
announcment, send out a reminder, and we would figure out where we stood.
Last heard, the need
appears less evident than the readiness to provide help! When we know who is
aboard, we will set up a way to put people in contact with each other for
exchange.

mike

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Vera John-Steiner <vygotsky@unm.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'll be happy to participate in the intergenerational project.
>
> Vera John-Steiner
>
> On 4/19/2011 12:47 AM, mike cole wrote:
>
>> We were hiding the archive of newsletters? Wow, I really did not know
>> that.
>> Thanks for pointing out the problem, Peter. A LOT of firsts there-- first
>> Rogoff on x-cultural work, first Lave on tailors math. We could have an
>> easter egg hunt for "firsts."
>> -- and not even get egg all over our faces!
>> mike
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Peter Smagorinsky<smago@uga.edu>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>  A great idea. I'm hoping that the new xmca webpage can include some links
>>> to LCHC documents, in particular the LCHC Newsletter archive, which I had
>>> to
>>> hunt around for today. http://lchc.ucsd.edu/Histarch/newsletters.html
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of mike cole
>>> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 11:35 AM
>>> To: eXtended Mind, Culture,Activity
>>> Subject: [xmca] A Modest Proposal for Intergenerational Assistance
>>>
>>> Dear XMCA participants.
>>>
>>> I have consulted with several senior colleagues who are game for the
>>> following:
>>>
>>> (In what follows I am speaking as a member of the ill-defined "older
>>> generation" at XMCA)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have been thinking over the problem of what help the more senior
>>> members
>>> of XMCA, those with secure jobs, can provide for our students and junior
>>> colleagues who are caught in this very difficult historical moment.
>>> Whatever
>>> general advice that we might give, the fact is that we could not deal any
>>> better with current circumstances if we were just starting out now.
>>>
>>> The one thing we have a lot of experience doing is helping young scholars
>>> develop their ideas in writing so that they can get their work published.
>>> We
>>> can also offer practical advice about methods, relevant literature, etc.
>>> In
>>> short, we can do the kind of mentoring that many of us do daily, locally.
>>> But can't we also do it xmca-wide?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I propose that we create a list serve, associated with XMCA, where a
>>> group
>>> of elders (those with secure jobs) and a group of those still struggling
>>> toward secure work in academia can pair up for purposes of advice on a
>>> piece
>>> of junior writing, starting with thesis proposals. Participants might
>>> wish
>>> to organize sub-networks -- many refinements are possible.
>>>
>>> We do not have all the mechanisms worked out for such an
>>> inter-generational,
>>> academic support system. But we have built a placeholder in the
>>> to-be-released new LCHC home page for an enabling platform. The roll out
>>> of
>>> the new page is a few weeks away, but that need not stop us from finding
>>> out
>>> who is interested, what generational group they prefer to be identified
>>> with, and perhaps two lines about areas of interest/"expertise.". We can
>>> collate that info into a data base and use it to create a handy dandy new
>>> cultural practice.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If you are interested, please respond to Tamara Powell,
>>> tamarajeanpowell@gmail.com.
>>>
>>> She will do the collating and report back about who wants to be involved
>>> and
>>> how. Then we will take the next practical steps for people to link up.
>>>
>>>
>>> I am traveling and only have spotty email contact but will stay abreast
>>> of
>>> this endeavor.
>>>
>>> mike
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> --
> Vera John-Steiner, Ph.D.
> Regents' Professor of Education and Linguistics
> vygotsky@unm.edu   (505) 983-5044
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