AncientWorld's SpringFest
I can't believe it. The aforementioned AncientWorlds is celebrating the fifth anniversary since its beta "resurrection." (Geez, could it have been that long?)In keeping with their sense of community, they're celebrating "SpringFest"--I guess you could call it their online version of Mardi Gras (since several of the members hail from the New Orleans area).
There's also a Santa Fe conference being planned for the fall (unfortunately, I'm already obligated that weekend, or I'd love to see a few old familiar faces). And the Acta Diurna, the site's newsletter, has now gone to pod! (I think I might have mentioned that in the earlier post, but it still wows me to be able to hear voices I haven't heard since the New Orleans conference so many years ago.)
I can hear you saying something like "yeah, this is great, but its really just a bunch of role players out for entertainment." Maybe. But there's also a lot of information being passed around. Most of the site is constructed by people donating their time and effort just for the purpose of building an online community. What little I know of HTML came right out of "AS" and "AW" as they're affectionately known. Also, there's a core group within the community who truly are passionate about ancient history--many of them are professors at universities from around the globe. While the main push of the site may be for entertainment, I think there's a lot that online academic classes could learn from efforts such as these. When you make the effort to build the community, the people involved tend to perform even more and better than what you've asked of them.
posted by Stash @ 1:18 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home