[KS] "InfoShare" / "Korea InfoPool": any suggestions?

[Kirk Larsen]

While expressing no opinion on the merits or drawbacks of Facebook/Google,
I will second Stephen Epstein's observation that I have often found some of
the "obscure," detail-oriented questions and the ensuing replies on this
listserv to be among the most interesting.

Just my two bits.

Cheers,

Kirk Larsen


On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 11:13 PM, Stephen Epstein <Stephen.Epstein at vuw.ac.nz
> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As a former co-owner of the list, I was always of the opinion that these
> sorts of detail questions are appropriate here. Often in the past they have
> generated some of our most interesting discussions. That said, digital
> communication platforms have evolved significantly in the last few years,
> and there are increasing possibilities for creating a separation on such
> issues. Those who have a Facebook account may prefer to use  the Koreanists
> group for these queries. Though still smaller than the KS list, it does
> have close to 600 members at this point and can readily accommodate what
> Frank suggests, I think.
>
> Best, Stephen
> ________________________________________
> From: Koreanstudies [koreanstudies-bounces at koreanstudies.com] on behalf
> of Frank Hoffmann [hoffmann at koreanstudies.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 12:33 AM
> To: koreanstudies at koreanstudies.com
> Subject: [KS] "InfoShare" / "Korea InfoPool": any suggestions?
>
> Dear All:
>
> This is just a very loose idea -- and I wonder what your take is on
> this, and what more specific ideas you may have (in case this seems
> something that may be wanted)?
>
> Originally, when Rob Provine started an email discussion list in 1994,
> an important function was to exchange all kind of informations
> regarding publications, research, conferences, positions. That is still
> the same today.
>
> What I myself am sometimes missing -- and here I am not too sure if
> that is or is not shared by others -- is some sort of micro information
> exchange, or whatever you want to call it. Sometimes I wonder about
> smaller detail questions, issues that I would not want to post and
> "bother" 1,700+ scholars with, or that I might feel are questions whose
> answers I should certainly know the answer to by now but still do not.
> A typical example that came up today: some old newspaper article very
> briefly lists a person's education and then his current whereabouts,
> and there it reads something like: "[city name]서 自管" -- and I now
> wonder if this means person X runs his "own business" in [city name].
> Or, a few days ago I was wondering about another very tiny detail: how
> would you transcribe "[person's name]氏" -- would you put a dash in
> between the name an ssi, better write it in two words? These kind of
> questions are clearly not questions one would want to really bother a
> whole list with, nor any personal friends. When you look for
> information of how to fix your computer or your car, you just search
> the Web and find some posting in some forum for sure that has the
> answer. Korean studies is obviously not such a big field, and the
> "forum" format would likely not work, because nobody would go there
> unless he/she has a question.
>
> Anyone has suggestions and ideas?
>
>
> Best
> Frank
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------
> Frank Hoffmann
> http://koreanstudies.com
>



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Kirk W. Larsen
Department of History
Director, Academic Programs and Research
David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies
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