Graduate Education
Hybrid Academy, or How #altac Changes Pedagogy
March 15, 2012 | Filed in: Profession
by Roger Whitson
I’d like to move this conversation in a different direction, discussing how I believe the #altac movement to be an attempt to create what I call a “hybrid academy:” an academic model that bridges traditional divisions between academic practice and the public sphere. #altac originally started as a hashtag on Twitter, but has evolved to include an amazing edited collection published on MediaCommons, as well as numerous presentations at MLA and THATCamps across the country. The #altac movement is primarily about giving students more job opportunities, but it is also about broadening the reach of the humanities in such a way that it impacts people far beyond the ivory tower.
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I’d like to move this conversation in a different direction, discussing how I believe the #altac movement to be an attempt to create what I call a “hybrid academy:” an academic model that bridges traditional divisions between academic practice and the public sphere. #altac originally started as a hashtag on Twitter, but has evolved to include an amazing edited collection published on MediaCommons, as well as numerous presentations at MLA and THATCamps across the country. The #altac movement is primarily about giving students more job opportunities, but it is also about broadening the reach of the humanities in such a way that it impacts people far beyond the ivory tower.
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