I Was Shamed Into Posting
I went to the first day of a conference in SF today where I got to meet people from the department I hope to call my own in a few months. (The regional training conference on sexual literacy is put on by the National Sexuality Resource Center.) Everybody seems very willing to help me find my way, which is really encouraging. I still feel awkward, but tomorrow I have another shot at really making some connections. And it's Halloween. =) I plan to wear my costume. Not very sexy for a sex conference, but it's a Sexual *Literacy* conference, so it's ok right? I'll try to post pics after.
Other than the people attending being awesome some of the discussion was inspiring and provoking. I think the biggest thing for me came at the end: How do we bring all of the data we gather to the public? Academic writing has never been very accessible to the general public, but this is sex, it's interesting, it's important, and it affects everybody on a daily basis. Engineers have a marketing department to interface with real people because they can't or don't want to, so why don't academics have the same thing? I didn't probe too deeply, but it seems that academics do market, but they market to other academics and to funding sources, not to (forgive me) Joe the Plumber. I think if we really care about "advocacy" and change we either need to make it a part of our job or we need to find a marketing department.
I know there are plenty of people out there talking about sex on the internet, in the paper, on the radio, but most of them aren't any more informed than the people they are talking to, they just aren't afraid to talk. Don't get me wrong, so long as they're not spreading lies, I think this is good, we need to learn that it's ok to talk. But I think those who are more informed, who have done research and have gathered data need to distinguish themselves and be heard.
So now, how do we do this?
P.S.
I got to meet Regina Lynn! She was one of the panelists this afternoon and I have to say, she's kind of awesome. I'm kind of thrilled to have met her, she's an interesting and entertaining speaker and very charming and down-to-earth. And yes, she's the one who shamed me into posting again.
Tags: sex, literacy, conference, education, academic, research, dissemination, sexuality, networking, nsrc
Other than the people attending being awesome some of the discussion was inspiring and provoking. I think the biggest thing for me came at the end: How do we bring all of the data we gather to the public? Academic writing has never been very accessible to the general public, but this is sex, it's interesting, it's important, and it affects everybody on a daily basis. Engineers have a marketing department to interface with real people because they can't or don't want to, so why don't academics have the same thing? I didn't probe too deeply, but it seems that academics do market, but they market to other academics and to funding sources, not to (forgive me) Joe the Plumber. I think if we really care about "advocacy" and change we either need to make it a part of our job or we need to find a marketing department.
I know there are plenty of people out there talking about sex on the internet, in the paper, on the radio, but most of them aren't any more informed than the people they are talking to, they just aren't afraid to talk. Don't get me wrong, so long as they're not spreading lies, I think this is good, we need to learn that it's ok to talk. But I think those who are more informed, who have done research and have gathered data need to distinguish themselves and be heard.
So now, how do we do this?
P.S.
I got to meet Regina Lynn! She was one of the panelists this afternoon and I have to say, she's kind of awesome. I'm kind of thrilled to have met her, she's an interesting and entertaining speaker and very charming and down-to-earth. And yes, she's the one who shamed me into posting again.
Tags: sex, literacy, conference, education, academic, research, dissemination, sexuality, networking, nsrc
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