Hi all, Prompted by Paul Levinson's take on Occupy Wall Street: I would love to hear more about direct engagement with/at the campaigns on the ground from Paul and others? I heard some FANTASTIC presentations at the AoIR IR12 conference that definitely spoke indirectly to the nascent OWS actions (particularly a great session chaired by Cara Wallis) but I didn't get any chances to hear from researchers working directly with OWS activists or as activist-researchers involved in OWS now? Paul: your blog below is definitely thought-provoking but I'd really welcome hearing how/if your experiences with the movements there in NYC or elsewhere have directly shaped your theories here or are you drawing inspiration from a read of the discourses constructing OWS in popular and digital media? Maybe just an asterisk on your methodological approach here? Best and looking forward to seeing more of AoIR scholarship and action in the OWS mix. Mary _______________________ On sabbatical until January 9, 2012 Mary L. Gray, Ph.D. Associate Professor Communication and Culture Affiliate Faculty, Gender Studies Adjunct Faculty, American Studies Adjunct Faculty, Anthropology Indiana University 800 E. 3rd Street Bloomington, IN 47405 Email: mLg@indiana.edu URL: www.indiana.edu/~qcentral Phone: 812-855-4379 Fax: 812-855-6014 BLOG for "Out in the Country, Youth, Media, and Queer Visibility in Rural America" (NYU Press 2009) @ http://queercountry.fromthesquare.org/ On Oct 16, 2011, at 6:00 PM, air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org wrote:

Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:54:34 -0400 From: Paul Levinson <levinson.paul@gmail.com> To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] my media theoretical take on Occupy Wall Street Message-ID: <CALgHpnx5vNsk7_c5QExf1C845hojMKiEcGUyKrV3u+bm7FLc3Q@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

Enjoy ... http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-direct-democracy...... "Occupy Wall Street, Direct Democracy, and Social Media: A Thumbnail History of the Media and Politics since Ancient Athens" ... (by thumbnail, I mean 7 mostly short paragraphs)

-Paul