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Sunday, February 28, 2010

Expanded Scholars and Jargon Pages

I just wanted to make a note that I have begun to make the Scholars and Jargon pages a bit more dynamic and complete. I've begun making links in my posts when I mention some terms and scholars, and in addition to that, I have begun to add more information to the pages themselves. And, even better, I've actually created some links in the pages themselves for when I mention scholars and jargon in an attempt to define jargon or a scholar. Because a lot of my attempts to make people and concepts more clear are self-referential and of course come from the books we've been reading, I've added a "back" button to the popup window to make navigating easier. As always, comments are welcome.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Notable Scholars list

Last night I worked with my husband to develop a hidden page* that contains basic information about some of the many notable scholars and authors we have been reading about this semseter. I am having trouble keeping all the names straight and remembering what theoretical camp they are in, so I created this page and Andrew wrote the javascript so that in the future whenever I refer to a scholar by name, (for example: I disagree with Jürgen Habermas' claim that there is only one public sphere) I can add a link that when clicked will open a popup window that contains some of the basic information about that author. The list is based on what I have written in my notes, contains many scholars names that I probably only saw once, and is not very complete at the moment. So, I will post the list below, and welcome any suggestions and additional information about these scholars or the page. If you use a scholar's name in a comment or in a post on this blog in the future, I can either show you how to add the html tag to your post (it's not that hard), or I will do it automatically when I notice it. This way, I will always know who I'm talking about!

List of scholars after the jump!
*I decided to un-hide the list so that people can access it any time, not just by clicking a link. Also, if anyone wants to become an author on this blog, they may then edit the Scholars and Jargon pages easily.