Shiloh DrakeDec 7, 2022

tomorrow at #ASA2022 I'll be presenting some of my work out of the SPP Lab at U Oregon with Melissa Baese-Berk and one of our stellar undergrads! in short, #TalkerVariability does not seem to benefit abstract #morphological #learning. poster is linked below.

there are possible reasons for this! for instance, participants also saw carrier sentences and feedback with orthographic forms. maybe talker variability would help more if they didn't have orthographic support!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11whvvlRzy2EstVrAOvI9jifZPA9FbDJd/view?usp=share_link

Show threadShiloh DrakeDec 1, 2022

a preview for #ASA2022 and also evidence that the final thing I need to do is write the methods section of the poster!

also phew, graphs contain a bunch of information when you have to type it all out

Show threadMahriana RofheartNov 19, 2022
@rachelstrohm thanks for posting #ASA2022 stuff! Conference tweets were my favorite part of twitter, also I’m sad to not be at the conference, so thanks for assuaging my digital and in-person FOMO
Show threadRachel StrohmNov 18, 2022
Here's Dr Mususa's book (https://nai.uu.se/news-and-events/news/2021-12-01-there-used-to-be-order-life-on-the-copperbelt-after-the-privatisation-of-the-zambia-consolidated-copper-mines.html) and an open access version of the thesis on which the book is based (https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/handle/11427/9291/thesis_hum_2014_mususa_pn.pdf?sequence=1) #ASA2022 #research #Zambia #socialpolicy
There Used to be Order: Life on the Copperbelt after the Privatisation of the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines - The Nordic Africa Institute

In this book, Patience Mususa considers social change in the Copperbelt region of Zambia following the privatization of the large state mining conglomerate, the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM), in the mid-1990s.

Show threadRachel StrohmNov 18, 2022
Communities coped to some degree by switching to self-help models, especially unpaid community healthcare workers, but huge limits on what can be done when both private + state welfare collapse at the same time #ASA2022 #research #Zambia #socialpolicy
Rachel StrohmNov 18, 2022
More from #ASA2022 yesterday: very interesting #research from Dr Patience Mususa about how communities coped with the privatization of copper mines during structural adjustment in #Zambia. Mines had previously provided a parallel welfare state for workers with clinics and other social support, but this ended during the height of the HIV pandemic in the 1990s
Show threadRachel StrohmNov 18, 2022
Wolf thinks some Ruto voters didn't want to disclose their preferences. Not the only reason polls weren't correct - bigger issue was that Ruto voters turned out at higher rates than Raila voters - but interesting to note that Q about party support may not have had same bias. Here's the published report https://www.tifaresearch.com/release-of-public-opinion-data-on-the-2022-elections/ #ASA2022 #research #Kenya
Rachel StrohmNov 18, 2022
Excited to be at the African Studies Association #ASA2022! Kicked things off this morning with a #research presentation from Dr Tom Wolf on #Kenya's recent #election, showing the intriguing finding that Raila led Ruto in the polls from May - July 2022, but UDA was more popular than ODM over the same time period
I. Chaar LopezNov 7, 2022
Just got back from #ASA2022 and ready to start the final stretch of the semester by prepping a presentation on #artificialintelligence #digitallabor and #racialcapitalism based on a book chapter manuscript about #Sama.
Amardeep SinghNov 5, 2022

I'm in New Orleans for the American Studies Association conference (#ASA2022).

The highlight so far for me has
been the panel commemorating 25 years of Saidiya Hartman's "Scenes of Subjection."

One quotable moment: Kimberly Brown of Dartmouth described how upon first reading "Scenes," she thought, "I don't dislike *theory*, just the theories I've been reading!"

Emily A. Owens of Brown talked about how she talks to students about the book: "It's hard. Take it slow. Start with chapter 3."