Author Archives: troyrhoades

Elusive Presence – Chapter Summaries

Posted on June 22, 2015 by troyrhoades

Below are the chapter summaries for my book project Elusive Presence: How Images Make Themselves. Preface ~ Eight Parables on How Images Makes Themselves Felt The book opens with eight short parables. Each is about a particular experience with an … Continue reading →

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Elusive Presence – First Update

Posted on June 22, 2015 by troyrhoades

Using Stuart Elden’s format for sharing the progress made during the writing of his current book project, I will be sharing updates on my book project Elusive Presence: How Images Make Themselves Felt every month or more. My plan is … Continue reading →

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Work backwards

Posted on June 22, 2015 by troyrhoades

Originally posted on The Research Whisperer:
Long road home, by Jonathan O’Donnell on Flickr If you want to submit your grant application on time, it pays to create a reverse timeline. That is, start from the end result – submission…

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Recent and Forthcoming Books of Interest

Posted on June 22, 2015 by troyrhoades

There has been many new books I have received or would love to get my hands on in the coming months that have just been recently published or are forthcoming. Here is a list below of some I am interested … Continue reading →

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Can blogging be a hobby?

Posted on April 1, 2015 by troyrhoades

Originally posted on The Research Whisperer:
Keep up and blog on (Photo by Alexander Baxevanis | http://www.flickr.com/photos/futureshape) It is ironic that I’m writing this blogpost on whether blogging can be a hobby at 11pm on a Saturday night when I’m…

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Experimental Film and the Academy

Posted on March 22, 2015 by troyrhoades

Although published at the end of last year, I just discovered Genevieve Yue’s article, “Living Cinema: Experimental Film and the Academy”. It is an interesting read on how experimental filmmakers have come to almost rely on the academy in order … Continue reading →

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#SCMS15 for Masters Swimmers and Triatheltes

Posted on March 22, 2015 by troyrhoades

Many of my colleagues here in Montréal, as well as those who live beyond that have participated in many of the SenseLab‘s research-creation events, know that I am actively involved with Masters swimming. On top of being a postdoctoral research … Continue reading →

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Seven upgrade strategies for a problematic article or chapter

Posted on March 22, 2015 by troyrhoades

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Some interesting writing and publishing advice here. Here’s the heavily compressed version: Do one thing well. Flatten the structure. Say it once, say it right. Try paragraph re-planning. Make the motivation clearer. Strengthen the argument…

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CFP: The Dark Precursor: International Conference on Deleuze and Artistic Research 2015

Posted on March 21, 2015 by troyrhoades

This call for papers looks really interesting and has a great list of invited speakers. The full call is below and more information can be found here. The Dark Precursor: International Conference on Deleuze and Artistic Research 2015 Orpheus Institute, … Continue reading →

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Deleuze and Guattari in the Anthropocene

Posted on January 6, 2015 by troyrhoades

Originally posted on Society for Radical Geography, Spatial Theory, and Everyday Life:
This CFP from Arun Saldanha and Hannah Stark for a special edition of Deleuze Studies, “Deleuze and Guattari in the Anthropocene,” might be of particular interest to readers: Twenty…

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