This text draws on our full-length study of PowerPoint as Occasion for Speech (under review) and on a collaboration with Johanna Drucker on intellectual middleware.
It was a little tough to trade my L.A. sunshine for a Swedish winter — I had to buy a coat. But the chance to go to Umeå for the Genres of Scholarly Knowledge Production conference was an opportunity I couldn’t refuse. And, indeed, I was overwhelmed by the generosity of my hosts, Patrik…
Matt RattoFaculty of InformationUniversity of Torontomatt.ratto@utoronto.ca
Below is the text from the pre-recorded talk delivered during the Genres of Scholarly Knowledge…
It is a pleasure and privilege to be here among friends
Among amazing scholars and professionals
In a fantastic environment
In 2006, Marshall indicated that in the past fifty to sixty years we had witnessed fundamental change in the economy from its basis in industry to a basis in information and symbol manipulation…