[Sugarman] Readings and admin

[Gabrielle Hecht]

Dear colleagues:

We are all very much looking forward to the formal start to our collaboration. We owe huge thanks to Keith and all those at WiSER and Wits who've been laboring very hard to put an exciting program together, one that abounds with intellectual, social, and environmental treats!

At the risk of being a finger-wagging nag (yes, I know you're rolling your eyes! (-:), I do want to emphasize to my UM colleagues the point that Keith has made: Wits absolutely cannot provide printing services. So please: if you need paper copies of the readings, take the time NOW to download and print them in Ann Arbor. Really.

End of speech.

Til soon!

Gabrielle

Gabrielle Hecht
Professor of History, University of Michigan
Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Society
Associate Director, African Studies Center




On Apr 29, 2014, at 1:46 AM, Keith Breckenridge <keith at breckenridge.org.za> wrote:

> Dear colleagues
> 
> The programme and readings for the workshops in Johannesburg next week are now more or less ready.   The programme is still at http://wiser.wits.ac.za/global-south-idea (it may yet change a little) and the readings (which will certainly not grow now) are at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/r9udrtlbldq50hf/Nmvjvj3soM.   Note that we will only be reading short extracts from the books included in the dropbox folders.
> 
> I am keen to encourage people to use Zotero to support collaboration, so if you have an existing Zotero account do, please, send it to me and we can begin to put together a group library.  This is especially useful for sharing references with the group.
> 
> We will not be providing printing facilities for anyone in Johannesburg, so it is important to bring a reading device with you or to do some careful printing before you arrive.   Wits uses Eduroam for visitors' wireless access but we will, also, be providing uncomplicated private wireless Internet in the Wiser offices.
> 
> We will shortly be sending out a list of the airport transfers and accommodation details.
> 
> More soon, Keith
> 
> 
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