The Role of Anthropology in the Fight for Social Equity
Anthropology is an ethnographic opportunity to record culture by observing and documenting the complexities that define neoliberal social imbalance. Linda Jean Hall recounts how her lived experiences as a descendant of African heritage in North and South America inform the ways that she teaches, writes, and practices active and transdisciplinary Cultural Anthropology.
Supporting Patients Living with Dementia: Adapting In-Person Methodologies for Digital Spaces
Lived Places Publishing authors Nicola Abraham and Victoria Ruddock introduce us to their new book, Supporting patients living with dementia during a pandemic: Digital theatre and educational spaces.
Podcast Listen: Lived Places Publishing on the IPG Podcast
Publisher and co-Founder David Parker guests on the IPG Podcast from the Independent Publisher’s Guild. David tells the IPG how he’s building LPP in collaboration with Newgen Publishing UK, and how to make partnerships like this work. He also talks about some of the big issues in academic publishing at the moment,
Podcast Listen: Lived Places Publishing on the Newgen Pubcast
Lived Places founders David Parker and Chris McAuley were guests on this month’s episode of the Newgen Pubcast, the monthly podcast by our publishing partner Newgen Publishing UK.
Writing Inclusively: Tips for Authors
It’s important not to exclude anyone from your audience in the way that you write. Commissioning editor Rebecca Bush offers advice and tips for authors and writers on how to be inclusive in their writing.
Book Marketing for Authors: Beginning Steps to Build Your Platform
Commissioning Editor Rebecca Bush gives an overview of simple marketing activities that any author should consider to build their audience and platform and promote their book.
How to Work Well with Your Editor: Tips for Authors
Commissioning Editor Rebecca Bush lays out the different types of editor that an author might encounter and provides some helpful tips to help you build a mutually beneficial working relationship with your editor.
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Author Identity Metadata: Why a Small Publisher Can Address a Major Challenge
David Parker leads a discussion about the potential for developing more robust catalog records and searchable fields in publishers' online catalogs – with author-generated and author-approved identity metadata.
The Cultural Legacy of Slavery: A Reflection on African American Identity and Family Heritage
In this conversation between Chris McAuley, Black Studies Collection Editor at Lived Places Publishing and Deirdre Foreman, author of My Cultural Legacy: Slave Culture and the American South, they explore the cultural legacy of enslaved Africans in the American South through an ethnoautobiographical reflection of Deirdre's own African American identity and family heritage.
A Different Approach to Funding Open Access eBooks
David Parker (LPP) and Bill Maltarich (NYU) talk about new models that are sustainable, equitable, and most importanly – do not rely on book processing charges (BPC).
The Risks and Rewards of African Entrepreneurship: Overcoming Africa’s Challenging Landscape
This free seminar features LPP author Ike Onyema Obi, a Nigerian entrepreneur whose path to business success reflects the challenges many emergent entrepreneurs face. He has mastered being resilient and agile in an African context – taking risks and seizing opportunities, filling knowledge voids by learning persistently, and shaping his networks to help grow his businesses.
David Parker Presenting at Latina/o Studies Association Conference in Tempe (Apr 20)
David Parker, Co-Founder of Lived Places Publishing will be participating in a panel on Publishing in Latinx Studies at this year’s Latina/o Studies Association Conference in Tempe, AZ on April 20.
Family Advocacy: Zero-Sum Parenting and Educational Equity
Family advocacy varies widely in relation to a family’s social identity and, as educators, we need to walk into the world of family advocacy directly and deliberately. Certain types of "unproductive" advocacy can pull resources and attention away from other forms of meaningful family advocacy.