The History Mixtapes: Liner Notes: Recent Episodes
Katherine Jewell
Liner Notes features interviews with scholars about their tools and organization strategies. We discuss what's in their pen case, their strategies for organizing writing, researching, and work, as well as their secrets to an organized scholarly life. This is a production of The History Mixtapes blog.
Historian Karen L. Cox, author of No Common Ground, out now from UNC Press, discusses balancing multiple projects, the motivations behind writing, and organizing and annotating materials from archives. It's all about the research!
Historian Austin McCoy discusses the best music for work, how he incorporates reading into his workflow and research process, and we discuss the various frameworks for thinking, creating new arguments, and writing. Listen in to take an expansive view of the writing process, and for some good musical recommendations.
Historian Ellie Shermer, author of Sunbelt Capitalism: Phoenix and the Transformation of American Politics and a forthcoming history of the student loan industry and policy, discusses her time management strategies for balancing teaching, research and writing, and all the stuff of life.
Political Scientist Victor Asal discusses his digital tools to stay on track, as well as blending research and humanistic interests with classroom activities.
This week is all about the right tools for the job! Historian Angela Diaz discusses her favorite tools, as well as approaches and practices for getting the most out of archive visits.
Historian Joe Adelman discusses writing, teaching, and parenting during a pandemic, some tools for task management, and the beauty of the No. 2 pencil. We also discuss the "flexibility trap" and how we are really only now figuring out what works--right before it all changes again.
This week's episode with historian Eladio Bobadilla is all about the Frixion pen, but it is also about our different voices and how tools support our engagement with ideas and help us get our interpretations both on the page and into books.
In this track of Liner Notes, Vol. 1, we talk note taking (and an ingenious strategy for tracking loaned books!), the best places to read/write/edit, and the conversations we develop with books with historian Hilary Green. Plus, we get a fascinating look into her current research!
Author and historian Megan Kate Nelson brings her classic tools for writing and editing to Liner Notes, as well as the structures she has developed for writing, editing, and planning her time. Show notes available at https://katherinejewell.com/?p=865