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Discussion published by Avi Staiman on Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Open Access Publishing: Opportunities, Pitfalls, and Deciding if it is Right for You

Dear H-Folk Readers, 

Open Access is reshaping the scientific world by making research available to the masses while, at the same time, putting a tremendous burden on researchers who don't have the financial resources to support Open Access publication.

Stephanie Paalvast, head of Open Research at Brill Publishers will speak with Avi Staiman, CEO of Academic Language Experts about:

  • How you should decide if your research should be published open?

  • The finances of publication fees (APC’s) for open research and how to negotiate a better rate

Discussion published by Nathalie Knöhr on Monday, May 3, 2021

Conference “Making and keeping promises in politics and culture” (4-6 May 2022, Dresden)

Dear colleagues,
we would like to draw your attention to the following call for papers.
The conference “Making and keeping promises in politics and culture” will take place in Dresden from 04 to 06 May 2022.
Deadline for abstracts is 01 August 2021.
 

Discussion published by Julia Tiemann-Kollipost on Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Methodologies for code in ethnographic research. From theory to practice

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Workshop: Methodologies for code in ethnographic research. From theory to practice

Event description

Some research fields force us to look explicitly at computer code, for example, when we study coding practices, programmers or software engineers.