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		<title>The Enclosure of Scholarly Infrastructures, Open Access Books &#038; the Necessity of Community</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Joy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2019 14:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Figure 1. Tianjin Binhai Library,&#160;Tianjin, China In June 2018, punctum and 4 other open-access book publishers in Europe (Mattering Press, meson press, Open Book Publishers, and Open Humanities Press) formed the ScholarLed collective: The aim of the collective is to explore the potential of working together. This includes developing systems and practices that allow presses<a href="https://punctumbooks.com/blog/the-enclosure-of-scholarly-infrastructures-open-access-books-the-necessity-of-community/">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>What the Ronell–Reitman Case Tells Us about the Predatory University</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In recent days, much has been written about the Ronell–Reitman case. Part of the commentary has focused on the supposed “demise” of the #MeToo movement, and whether the fact that a female, queer scholar has committed sexual harassment in an asymmetric relation of power (professor–student) would delegitimate the struggle of those who are abused (typically<a href="https://punctumbooks.com/blog/what-the-ronell-reitman-case-tells-us-about-the-predatory-university/">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Statement of Concern Regarding the Programming for the 2019 International Congress on Medieval Studies @Kalamazoo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Joy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2018 00:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[by Eileen A. Joy and Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei &#8230;it&#8217;s dark in here&#8230;can someone turn on the lights&#8230;is it still the Dark Ages? “I can no longer participate in nor support the International Congress on Medieval Studies, [at] Kalamazoo. While performing a seemingly virtuous commitment to academic freedom, the actions of this organization’s leadership<a href="https://punctumbooks.com/blog/a-statement-of-concern/">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Case Study in Scholar-Led Open Access Publishing &#038; A Mini-Manifesto for the Minor Humanities</title>
		<link>https://punctumbooks.com/blog/a-case-study-in-scholar-led-open-access-publishing/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2018 19:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[by Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei NOTE: The text of this blog post was originally presented as a lecture at University of California, Santa Barbara Library on May 8, 2018, under the title &#8220;Nubian Studies: A Case Study in Scholar-Led Open Access Publishing.&#8221; Follow more of Vincent&#8217;s work on Old Nubian via Twitter @ontakragoueke. I<a href="https://punctumbooks.com/blog/a-case-study-in-scholar-led-open-access-publishing/">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Here Be Monsters: A Punctum Publishing Primer</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Joy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 May 2017 00:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[by EILEEN A. FRADENBURG JOY Caring for [ourselves] is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare. ~ Audre Lorde But we can’t (and we won’t!) continue to be administered by a ruthless regime of technocrats that wants to turn everyone and everything into bodiless data, into sermons sent over<a href="https://punctumbooks.com/blog/here-be-monsters-a-punctum-publishing-primer/">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>3,200 Persons + $10 Per Month = Sustainability / How You Can Help</title>
		<link>https://punctumbooks.com/blog/3200-persons-10-per-month-sustainability-how-you-can-help/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Joy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 22:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[by Eileen Joy In the spirit of Open Access also (ideally) meaning transparency of the data of open-access publishing, here are some figures from punctum books, followed by a plea. Ever since launching our Graduated Open Access platform at the beginning of this year (whereby PDFs of each of our titles are available for $5.00<a href="https://punctumbooks.com/blog/3200-persons-10-per-month-sustainability-how-you-can-help/">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Boy Who Couldn&#8217;t Change the World: An Open Letter to Verso Books and The New Press</title>
		<link>https://punctumbooks.com/blog/the-boy-who-couldnt-change-the-world/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Joy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2016 01:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[photo by Quinn Norton, taken on Feb. 9, 2008 There is no justice in following unjust laws. It’s time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to this private theft of public culture. ~Aaron Swartz (1986–2013) &#8230; open-access publishing is a brilliant way around the failure<a href="https://punctumbooks.com/blog/the-boy-who-couldnt-change-the-world/">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>An Open Letter of Concern to the Medieval Academy of America</title>
		<link>https://punctumbooks.com/blog/an-open-letter-of-concern-to-the-medieval-academy-of-america/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Joy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2016 23:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[by Eileen Joy Responses to the website of prominent Anglo-Saxonist Allen Frantzen (Loyola University, Emeritus) have generated a wide conversation, centering especially on the need for what we might call &#8216;truth and reconciliation&#8217; in the field of academic medieval studies, conducted in person, by phone, and on social media (which was also partly sparked by<a href="https://punctumbooks.com/blog/an-open-letter-of-concern-to-the-medieval-academy-of-america/">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>It is the Connection of Desire to Reality that Possesses Revolutionary Force, or, Why I Decided Not to Commit Suicide, After All</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Joy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[by EILEEN JOY I am recently returned from the annual convention of the Modern Language Association in Austin, Texas, accompanied by one of my co-Directors Chris Piuma, and I have to say that it was the most exhilarating, inspiring, galvanzing event I have ever attended, and for reasons that had practically zilch to do with<a href="https://punctumbooks.com/blog/it-is-the-connection-of-desire-to-reality-that-possesses-revolutionary-force/">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Open Letter to Rosemary Feal, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, and the Modern Language Association</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Joy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2015 04:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Open Letter to Rosemary Feal, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, and the Modern Language Association by Eileen A. Joy *initially written for Facebook, 14 December 2015 (and slightly expanded here / to help me make this letter better and to point out its weaknesses and to help me emend/correct anything, please visit the Discussion Session built around the<a href="https://punctumbooks.com/blog/open-letter-to-modern-language-association/">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
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