CSN workshop by Contemporary Canons https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp A workshop discussing the impact of 2020 on issues of characterising, researching, and teaching the contemporary. We'd like to discuss what feels urgent and important to you, so feel free to post any questions/topics for discussion and/or 'like' questions. en-us 2020-11-30 08:54:12 UTC 2020-12-12 11:21:49 UTC hello@padlet.com What values shape the choices made in research and teaching on the contemporary? What canons does this work intentionally or inadvertently produce? And how do these values and canons relate to those produced in education and the publishing and cultural industries? contemporarycanons https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/970491451 2020-11-30 09:08:19 UTC https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/970491451 Will online or adapted modes of face to face teaching change the way we teach the contemporary? Have they changed the topics, texts, or range of texts we set? Has resource scarcity and/or library closures led to problems with syllabus design and/or access? contemporarycanons https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/970497764 2020-11-30 09:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/970497764 How might contemporary literary studies aid the project of “decolonising” and “diversifying” the university/curriculum, without rendering both processes as buzzwords or shouldering the responsibility for other periods? contemporarycanons https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/970499181 2020-11-30 09:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/970499181 Theorising the contemporary – in terms of periodization, value systems, and the urge to create new canons. Contemporary exclusions – who or what doesn’t ‘feel’ contemporary, based on subject matter, age, location, etc. https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/976714063 2020-12-01 17:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/976714063 The pressures on non-fiction to 'respond' to the pandemic - the place of fiction, drama, and delayed response https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/1001813014 2020-12-09 12:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/1001813014 The canonizing work of research projects - how do people decide which authors or texts to include in a themed project on, say literature and neoliberalism, or literature and globalization, migration, trauma, digital etc? Is it a priority to cover 'important' texts? Is it a priority to give visibility to under-recognized texts? https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/1001876368 2020-12-09 12:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/1001876368 What role does contemporary studies have in reflecting and resisting university crises like casualisation, increased demands for research funding, humanities recruitment and outreach, and (in general) university bureaucracy? contemporarycanons https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/1009714788 2020-12-11 14:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/1009714788 What grounds for creativity and innovation remain in literature, culture, theory, and practice? contemporarycanons https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/1009715809 2020-12-11 14:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/1009715809 How can – or will – discussions of the pandemic in contemporary literary studies incorporate due attention to systemic issues and actions, including climate crisis, #BlackLivesMatter, systemic racism, and calls to defund the police, as well as other global inequalities and protest movements? contemporarycanons https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/1009716676 2020-12-11 14:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/1009716676 Has 2020 changed contemporary studies, or at least how we as researchers and teachers conceive of or periodise it? contemporarycanons https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/1009718719 2020-12-11 14:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/1009718719 Given the effect of the pandemic on our mental and physical health, will this year changed how we research and teach the present? contemporarycanons https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/1009719665 2020-12-11 14:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/1009719665 What are the current preoccupations and concerns of contemporary literary studies and have they changed in 2020? contemporarycanons https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/1009721037 2020-12-11 14:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/1009721037 A simple question: what contemporary texts did you teach this year (if at all?) kevinbrazil https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/1012010958 2020-12-12 07:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/1012010958 Another simple one: what texts would you choose to 'teach' this year in future (if you could bear to!) kevinbrazil https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/1012011641 2020-12-12 07:51:53 UTC https://padlet.com/contemporarycanons/fswfcxs9n03gnixp/wish/1012011641