Jamie Henthorn
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This is such a great question
This is such a great question and one I've been considering for some time. Practically, large-scale crowd sourced projects seem to need some kind of corporate entity (whether that be for-profit or non-profit) to create the structure. Even Wikipedia, ... -
Your post reminds me of
Your post reminds me of several things. One is Luca Barra's observations that fan produced translations can happen after a professional translation as stripped too much culture from the original. He looks at Italian translations of Lost, but I can se ... -
I'm caught in the technology
I'm caught in the technology itself as I read through your text. Tumblr, Instagram, and Facebook are privatized technologies that individuals access more and more from encapsulated devices, like their phones. In many ways this mirrors the reading of ... -
In my head I keep associating
In my head I keep associating this kind of work with my own experiences with academia. But you're right, it is very much a pre-capital guild system (just like academia). In general, these models, often built on gifting of time and knowledge seem to ... -
The more I look at online
The more I look at online communities, the less deterritorialized they seem. ... -
Is automation what volunteers want?
Automatic tools to monitor quality and to endorse labels are not yet fully developed, with unsolved legislation at European level and also at national levels. Agencies to independently monitor quality would also have to be established, and in this new sce ... -
Good Conferences
Thank you for this post. Your mention of the symposium actually has me thinking about where the best conferences are to go to discuss translation studies. Translation is part of my research but not the whole thing. As such, as I present at more general me ... -
Thank you for your post. I've
Thank you for your post. I've been looking at Viki for some time as well and have found the self conscious elements of the site to be some of the most interesting. Your post has me thinking about whether this is a fan site or a translation engine (ma ... -
I want to thank you for a
I want to thank you for a great post trying to unpack some of the issues with the concept of crowd funding and academia. I think that your post and Jennifer de Winter's both look at the ways that academia and crowd funding are not natural companions ... -
Integrity and Confidence
Thank you for this post. I think in general a lot can be done to improve discussions of plagiarism if we focus on academic integrity or the integrity of our own work. I think one thing my students miss about plagiarism and one thing that keeps them going ...