[Xmca-l] Re: XMCA home page?
Andy Blunden
ablunden@mira.net
Mon Mar 9 05:19:03 PDT 2015
OK, so we have one foswiki page on http://wiki.lchc.ucsd.edu/ already.
Perhaps we could call for volunteers to create a couple more.
A single plot does not a community garden make.
Andy
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*Andy Blunden*
http://home.pacific.net.au/~andy/
Huw Lloyd wrote:
> The foswiki software.
>
>
> On 9 March 2015 at 11:53, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote:
>
>
>> Well, the "X" in "XMCA" means eXtended, you know. But be that as it may,
>> what software would you recommend for a low maintenance on-line community
>> CHAT garden?
>>
>> Andy
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *Andy Blunden*
>> http://home.pacific.net.au/~andy/
>>
>>
>> Huw Lloyd wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I don't think you'd need it to support MCA, Andy. MCA is a different
>>> project to that of communicating CHAT concepts, practices and resources.
>>> MCA endeavours to do a portion of that, in a particular way. XMCA usually
>>> reflects a certain impatience with that, it reflects a need to work over,
>>> discuss and critique the knowledge and concepts themselves rather than
>>> papers built out of a few personalised conceptions related to CHAT.
>>>
>>> MCA helps academics keep their publication count up and it helps to keep
>>> CHAT ideas in circulation within academic settings. But I am not
>>> convinced
>>> that CHAT can be successfully accommodated by educational institutions as
>>> we know them. So, the point is to take an educational project based on
>>> CHAT principles (which can often be taken as a scientific exposition of
>>> common good sense) and build a truer educational resource out of it. That
>>> kind of effort necessitates 'gardening' both for the production of
>>> resources and for their accommodation.
>>>
>>> Huw
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8 March 2015 at 23:47, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> How would you implement a "community garden" to support MCA and xmca,
>>>> Huw?
>>>> Andy
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> *Andy Blunden*
>>>> http://home.pacific.net.au/~andy/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Huw Lloyd wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Well I wrote a server-side library to achieve a broader version of that
>>>>> 5
>>>>> years ago. But that is peripheral to what Andy's question is about.
>>>>>
>>>>> Huw
>>>>>
>>>>> On 8 March 2015 at 21:34, Greg Thompson <greg.a.thompson@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ha! Huw, I was looking at another, much simpler way of doing a feed
>>>>>> than
>>>>>> what Annalisa had shown (and I don't really know how I got there since
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> doesn't seem to be included in Annalisa's email).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was looking at a Quora page but I seem to recall that there are other
>>>>>> websites that will let you set up a page that will feed from other
>>>>>> sites.
>>>>>> The idea being that you can set up a page and determine multiple other
>>>>>> sites that will feed to it (e.g., the XMCA home page, Andy's Vimeo
>>>>>> page,
>>>>>> etc.). Seems like there was even a feature that you can set so that it
>>>>>> will
>>>>>> regularly search the web and display new content that appears on the
>>>>>> web
>>>>>> (e.g., you could set a search term for "cultural historical activity
>>>>>> theory" and there would be a section of the page that would display
>>>>>> everything that is recent on the web that relates to those search
>>>>>> terms).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know there is at least one site out there that can do this but I
>>>>>> can't
>>>>>> recall what it was called (I learned of it from Mike Wesch who used it
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> one of his classes).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Huw or anyone else, do you know what I'm talking about?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That was what I meant when I said that it would be minimal time to
>>>>>> maintain
>>>>>> and could be set up by anyone with minimal cost.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But maybe that was all just a dream...
>>>>>> -greg
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 8 March 2015 at 18:40, <greg.a.thompson@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> .Anyway, it seems like it would be an easy thing to set up. And
>>>>>>>> anyone
>>>>>>>> could do it, right?
>>>>>>>> So why not prototype it and see what works and what doesn't? And then
>>>>>>>> refine as needed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is easy only to the extent that anyone could use their spontaneous
>>>>>>> notions of what is required. If they are persistent and thorough they
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> will
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> end up with some conceptions regarding how certain mistakes might be
>>>>>>> avoided. If they reflected on that process with equal thoroughness,
>>>>>>> then
>>>>>>> they might end up with some concepts with which to start the work all
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> over
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> again.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So, no, it isn't easy. And it isn't actually cheap either.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Huw
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Greg
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mar 7, 2015, at 10:43 PM, Annalisa Aguilar <annalisa@unm.edu>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Andy,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> My apologies, I did not mean to sound suspicious, I sincerely
>>>>>>>>> thought
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> you both had something in mind.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The site you link to doesn't look like a garden to me. It looks like
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> regular website.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> How about these links below?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The 1st site might be a drupal site, Drupal has something called
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "drupal
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> planet" that will collect feeds, but I'm not sure how it works
>>>>>>>> exactly.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [A feed assembly site might be more like a garden? Then there is no
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> need
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> for permissions, just program the newsfeed and it sucks in links from
>>>>>>>> various independent sites? Does wordpress do something like this?]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th sites below are wordpress sites.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The 5th is site is using Open Journal.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Not sure what the 6th is, but I couldn't resist to see what a real
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> garden website might look like! :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://www.knightfoundation.org/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.knightfoundation.org/blogs/knightblog/2015/3/5/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> four-knight-fellows-how-community-shapes-creativity/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://sweden.se/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://sweden.se/society/gender-equality-in-sweden/
>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>> http://ilovetypography.com/
>>>>>>>>> http://ilovetypography.com/2014/10/15/the-first-female-typographer/
>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>> http://www.clouds365.com/
>>>>>>>>> http://www.clouds365.com/6-22-14/
>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>> http://www.haujournal.org/index.php/hau/issue/view/13
>>>>>>>>> http://www.haujournal.org/index.php/hau/article/view/hau4.3.002
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Of course, here is the bona fide garden site:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/
>>>>>>>>> http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/sustainability/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On that happy note...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Annalisa
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gregory A. Thompson, Ph.D.
>>>>>> Assistant Professor
>>>>>> Department of Anthropology
>>>>>> 880 Spencer W. Kimball Tower
>>>>>> Brigham Young University
>>>>>> Provo, UT 84602
>>>>>> http://byu.academia.edu/GregoryThompson
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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