online engagement and researchers ’ careers: sinonk
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Online Engagement and Researchers ’ Careers: SinoNK.com. Adam Cathcart Queen ’ s University, Belfast [email protected]. Research Goals. Documenting the Chinese-North Korean border Since 1945 North Korean cultural history. Source Analysis. North Korean Music. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Online Engagementand Researchers’ Careers:
SinoNK.com
Adam CathcartQueen’s University, Belfast
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Research Goals Documenting the Chinese-North Korean
border
Since 1945
North Korean cultural history
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Source Analysis
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North Korean Music
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Documenting the China-Korea Frontier Regular fieldwork on the North Korean
border
Translations from Chinese materials
News reports
Foreign Ministry documents
Public Security reports
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Durham UniversityNorth Korean Human Rights Campaigners
Byul Ryan-Im
Meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Elvet 148
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Outline I. Building an Online Community
II. Research, Editing and Professionalism
III. Demonstrating Impact and Rigour
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I. Building an Online Community
“Sinologistical Violoncellist”
2009-2011
Sole-authored blog by junior professor at an American liberal arts college in Seattle
University of Hong Kong journalism conference, summer 2011 – CNN delegate
A death in the family
Kim Jong-il RIP, December 2011
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The Dear Leader
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SinoNK.com
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The Respected Successor
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Media Impact Resource for journalists
Quoted in The Economist, The Guardian, Le Monde, The Telegraph, Time, Washington Post, New York Times, Reuters.
Located between academia and journalism
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Assembling a Team/Model
Editor with scholarly credibility and some experience engaging broader audience
Call for applications
CV and cover letter
Highly defined roles for graduate students and undergraduates
The role of the Managing Editor
Embrace hierarchy
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Assembling a Team
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Thinking about Geography
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II. Research, Editing and Professionalism
Research-driven engagement
Publishable prose
Short online essays as building blocks to larger peer-reviewed journal submissions
Editing and sub-editing
Slow is OK
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ProfessionalizationTwitter
Head shots
Online bios
Conference activity
Doing it to reach the group aspiration and standards; actually doing it for yourself
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Digital Mentoring Young professors at undergraduate institutions =
pair up with grad students or post-grads who need feedback, modeling, and guidance
“Accidental intergenerational” work
Post-M.A. “gap year” students
Hierarchy and level of achievement within the group
Opening up lateral communication channels
External readers on M.A. theses, etc.
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Funding No funding for first 1.5 years
Academy of Korean Studies recently awarded a $15,000 research grant
Still looking for models and sources
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It’s Alright to Cry
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III. Demonstrating Impact and Rigour
Standards for membership
Peer-reviewed publication submissions
Sub-editing
Ongoing academic work
Time horizon
Research Coordinator
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Hitting Targets