I can’t speak for everyone involved, but as someone who is engaged with trying to get the blog up and running in a meaningful way for ECPN, here’s how I see it:<\/p>\n
Why Blog?<\/p>\n
I think the better question is why not blog?<\/p>\n
*It provides a relatively informal forum in which emerging conservators can pitch their research, and get their names out there!<\/p>\n
*It invites collaboration – in that the format of a blog invites informal peer review and discussion, in a more accessible way than other conservation publishing venues permit.<\/p>\n
*It’s timely – ongoing research can be posted and commented on. There is often a several year lag time with other venues.<\/p>\n
*Along with collaboration and review, it encourages transparency in our work. *a blog invites discussion also on people’s thoughts and reflections on the field, not just their research, in a timely and direct way that is not possible through traditional venues. *The blog is a playground! Not only to get to know one another one one another’s research, but for those of us, like myself, who don’t blog on our own, it invites us to engage with and learn how to use emerging technologies and communications methods. And we can even find members to tell us how to begin! *We’re already attracting some attention and discussion, no? So I would say it will serve as a touchstone for building the ECPN community. And possibly serve as a base for those interested in some of the great blogging that a few conservators are doing now, through the engagement of guest bloggers and tools like a blog roll.<\/p>\n *It’s empowering!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I can’t speak for everyone involved, but as someone who is engaged with trying to get the blog up and running in a meaningful way for ECPN, here’s how I see it: Why Blog? I think the better question is why not blog? *It provides a relatively informal forum in which emerging conservators can pitch … Continue reading “Why Blog?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecpn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
(see Richard McCoy’s musings in Dan Cull’s brilliant blog on the role of “conservy” blogs http:\/\/dancull.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/20\/the_conservy\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n
(here’s a good example, again the product of Richard McCoy, guest blogger for Ellen Carrlee:
http:\/\/ellencarrlee.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/11\/new-directions-or-radical-ideas\/<\/a>
Indeed, look at all of Ellen’s posts on the proceedings at AIC for great examples of how to marry quick dispersal of the research being done in conservation with review. Like this:
http:\/\/ellencarrlee.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/29\/aic-2009-in-la-more-sessions\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n
(http:\/\/emergingconservator.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/helpful-thoughts-on-writing-blog-post.html)<\/a><\/p>\n