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Today, @pressedconf is holding #pcPopUp2020 so I decided to tweet a short thread to share some resources and my personal story on using open resources. 1/18. https://2020popup.pressedconf.org
My first experience undertaking research took place when I was a research intern @univofstandrews #CSRP under the supervision of @MarioIAguilar in 2011. I researched Religion and Politics in #Mongolia alongside my undergraduate studies. #pcPopUp2020 2/18. https://csrp.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
As a undergraduate who lacked the financial means to purchase a large number of texts and who was based at an institution with a limited number of resources on #Mongolia, I took to the internet to find resources for my research. #pcPopUp2020 3/18.
It was Chris #Kaplonski’s #WordPress-based homepage (see below) which I remember most clearly. I was so pleased I could access copies of his work (although much of it now seems to be unavailable) and this feeling stuck with me! #pcPopUp2020 4/18
http://www.chriskaplonski.com
http://www.chriskaplonski.com
Years later after embarking upon my doctoral studies, courses and talks for doctoral students that I took @univofstandrews encouraged me to make my work accessible through sites like academia dot edu and to engage with the public on #Twitter. #pcPopUp2020 5/18
I opened accounts on both platforms, and although many of us have complaints about academia dot edu with its pay walls and spam emails, it and Twitter have certainly helped me to disseminate my research. #pcPopUp2020 6/18
https://tsukuba.academia.edu/JamesMorris
https://tsukuba.academia.edu/JamesMorris
In 2018, I became involved in @DigiOrientalist as it transitioned from a blog into a digital magazine. My experience at DO helped to impart the value of sharing things related to my everyday work and research digitally. #pcPopUp2020 7/18 https://digitalorientalist.com
Indeed, I presented at a previous @pressedconf on how a site like @DigiOrientalist can be used to share research, develop teaching tools and stumble on new ideas. #pcPopUp2020 8/18 https://2019.pressedconf.org/?easyconfpr=using-wordpress-in-a-japanese-university-for-research-led-teaching
Involvement in @DigiOrientalist and a budding interest in the #DigitalHumanities led me to discover an array of digital resources, from databases to YouTube Channels like @digi_hammurabi and interesting projects like #DHJapan. #pcPopUp2020 9/18
http://dhjapan.org
http://dhjapan.org
Through @DigiOrientalist I was also able to connect with scholars such as @LWCvL whose personal website inspired me to toy with the idea of creating my own. #pcPopUp2020 10/18
https://lwcvl.com
https://lwcvl.com
This, alongside the rules of certain publishers who would allow me to share my work on a personal homepage, but not on a website like academia dot edu finally led me to launch a #WordPress based site earlier this year. #pcPopUp2020 11/18 https://jameshmorris.co.uk
Now anyone with the internet can read most of my publications for free via my homepage, see a limited number on academia dot edu, interact with me on Twitter or learn about my workflow on @DigiOrientalist. #pcPopUp2020 12/18
There are endless ways we can use the internet to make our projects and publishing accessible. Check out @SurvSoc_Journal’s blog which summarises its journal articles to make them more accessible to the public! #pcPopUp2020 13/18. https://medium.com/surveillance-and-society
Or this image database of #Syriac Christian icons shared by @ephremishac in a recent post for @DigiOrientalist. #pcPopUp2020 14/18.
http://dss-syriacpatriarchate.org/syriac-arts/syriac-icons/?lang=en
http://dss-syriacpatriarchate.org/syriac-arts/syriac-icons/?lang=en
Or the criminally under-utilised platform that is YouTube with wonderful research-led channels like @digi_hammurabi! #pcPopUp2020 15/18 https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCBQo27DbqeB-xG17-kekrdQ
Or fantastic repositories of writing and resources such as the wonderful @HAZINEblog! #pcPopUp2020 16/18
http://hazine.info
http://hazine.info
Or digitised teaching resources such as this site which I came across yesterday for #TeachingBuddhistStudies! #pcPopUp2020 17/18
http://teachingbuddhism.net/resources/
http://teachingbuddhism.net/resources/
So that’s it for my #pcPopUp2020 thread! I hope readers have enjoyed learning about my own experiences sharing my publications, teaching materials and research digitally, and that perhaps they have learned about some new resources and gained some new ideas!
