I got this message a few days ago over the transom, and I thought I'd throw this out to the readers to see if you have any insights. It's from Jessica Nathanson who teaches at Augsburg College in Minneapolis.
"I'm teaching our WST [women's studies] senior seminar this fall, and I would like to include as a text one of three feminist online conflicts that occurred in the last year or two (specifically, the discussion and critique leading up to and just after the publication of Amanda Marcotte's recent book; the reaction to Jessica Valenti's CFP for "Yes Means Yes"; and interactions between Seal Press editors and women of color bloggers). The problem with teaching anything that happens in the context of a blog is that the discussions unfold over time, on many different blogs, and, even if we just look at a single blog, at great length (the comments can number into the hundreds on just one post). There is also the concern that a blog might disappear overnight. So, I'd be really interested in knowing how others have taught these online conflicts."This is a good question. Have you ever been a student or a teacher in a course that used blogs as source material? How did you go about tackling the inherently fluid nature of blogs (something that conventional university classrooms never had to deal with). If you have any insights, feel free to leave them in the comments section below or get in touch with Prof Nathanson directly at nathanso [at] augsburg [dot] edu.
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