Well, perhaps that's why activism and other things in general have such an "impressive" success rate - they've "moved on" before they've actually had a chance to analyze and consider what they're doing, what's working, what's not.... -Alexis On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Kevin Sherman wrote: ::Thanks everybody for your input. It has been very helpful and ::encouraging, encouragement I really needed at this point in time. :: ::I posted this new vs old activism question to a list owned by both ::scholars and activists and the activists pretty much said [snip] ::"while you scholars are busy studying ::activism, we're busy actually doing it. by the time your findings come ::out, we've moved on to new things." :: ::But isn't that the plight of the scholar no matter what they ::study...especially insofar as technology-related topics are concerned? ::Should I take that response to mean that I shouldn't bother studying ::activism--in other words, are we talking to ourselves or are we making a ::difference in the lives of those who practice what we study? Guess I'm ::having a bit of a...moment. sorry. :: ::Kevin Sherman