The Unwritten Rules of History
Co-authored with Krista McCracken
It’s everyone’s favourite time of the year again: Congress! In advance of this year’s CHA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Krista and I thought that this would be a good time to talk about the practice of live-tweeting: what it is, how it works, and best practices. This blog post assumes that you have a basic familiarity with Twitter. If you do not, or want to have a refresher, definitely check out Andrea’s previous guide to Canadian History on Twitter. Enjoy!
Because, let’s face it – who has time to catch up on all the journal articles published in Canadian history?
Welcome back to the Best New Articles series, where each month, I posted a list of my favourite new articles! Don’t forget to also check out my favourites from previous months, which you can access by clicking here.
This month I read articles from:
Updated February 27, 2017!
Twitter can be an amazing resource for Canadian historians, home to vibrant discussions, news on the latest research, camaraderie, humour, and support. But for some people, Twitter is intimidating. Many find it difficult to find or make sense of these conversations and resources. I know I certainly did when I first started using Twitter. Most of what I’ve learned about Canadian history on Twitter I’ve learned through trial and error. So today, I thought I’d pass on some of the information that I’ve gained to help you navigate the wild and wonderful world of Canadian history on Twitter.
I’m still sad that I didn’t get to go to the CHA this year. Thankfully, Canadian historians on Twitter did an absolutely amazing job of retweeting a huge number of panels, giving me and others a little taste of the conference! Rather than let this information vanish into the twitterverse, I decided to consolidate it into one place.
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