So, the trick i've always used is to take a disciplinary class in terms of attending the lectures, doing the assignments but have a SIMS faculty grade it and analyze it and get your credit through SIMS as an independent study. I love the feedback of disciplinary folks, i love being pushed, but i also recognize that they will never find some of the tech stuff interesting if they have an innate bias in it.
I should show you the reviews we got from AAA for our panel on blogging. In essence, there is no culture in blogging and thus it is of no value to anthropologists. The funny thing is that the student section at AAA thought that the old folks were on crack so they put our panel in a special student-nominated section. I can't wait to attend the conference and see what happens.
But seriously, don't take attacks personally - use them as challenges that push you to think in new directions and figure out how to rearrange the pieces so you don't get penalized for someone's biases and narrow mindedness. Being in an interdisciplinary space is about coming up with fun ways of working around bullshit so that you can do what you think is best and get the best guidance from the most diverse people possible who will never agree with each other.
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Date: 2005-10-17 09:38 pm (UTC)I should show you the reviews we got from AAA for our panel on blogging. In essence, there is no culture in blogging and thus it is of no value to anthropologists. The funny thing is that the student section at AAA thought that the old folks were on crack so they put our panel in a special student-nominated section. I can't wait to attend the conference and see what happens.
But seriously, don't take attacks personally - use them as challenges that push you to think in new directions and figure out how to rearrange the pieces so you don't get penalized for someone's biases and narrow mindedness. Being in an interdisciplinary space is about coming up with fun ways of working around bullshit so that you can do what you think is best and get the best guidance from the most diverse people possible who will never agree with each other.