EPISODE 2 [Unedited]

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This is episode is the full, unedited interview with Professor Ian Condry. If you haven’t listened to the fully produced episode yet, we strongly encourage you to do so before listening to this one. They’re shorter in length and much more refined. EPISODE CREDITS Guest Starring Ian Condry , Professor of Japanese Cultural Studies – MIT Anthropology Produced & Hosted by Adam Greenfield Executive Produced by Patrick Yurick , Instructional Designer – MIT OGE Executive Produced by Heather Konar, Communication Director – MIT OGE Special thanks to the following editors who provided us invaluable feedback that aided in the development of this show: Christopher O’Keeffe , Co-Founder of Podcation Kristy Bennet , Manager – MIT Women’s League Jennifer Cherone , Phd Candidate – MIT Burge Laboratory Erik Tillman , Phd, Formerly of the Kim Lab & Currently A Fellow at Vida Ventures, LLC The Great Communicators Podcast is a part of Gradcommx. Gradcommx, targeted at enhancing research communication, is the first offering of Gradx – a professional development project created for the graduate student population at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by the Office For Graduate Education. MUSIC & SOUNDS “Divider” by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under Attribution 4.0 International License (http://freemusicarchive.org) EPISODE SCRIPT Print The Script Here ADAM GREENFIELD Hello, Adam Greenfield here, host of The Great Communicators podcast series. What you’re about to hear is the full, unedited interview with one of the guests we spoke with. If you haven’t listened to the fully produced episode yet, I definitely encourage you to do so before listening to this one. They’re shorter in length and much more refined. You can find them all at gradx.mit.edu/podcasts. The idea behind these longer, unedited conversation is to give you an opportunity to hear the entire talk, warts and all. This is not only a fun way to hear the full flow of the conversation but it also emphasizes the importance of the points made in the shorter, produced episodes, which again, can be found at gradx.mit.edu/podcasts. Thanks for listening and enjoy the conversation. Patrick Yurick: Can you say your name and what you do at MIT? Ian Condry: I am Ian Condry. I am a cultural anthropologist in the Department of Global Studies and Languages, and I study Japanese popular culture, things like hip-hop and anime. P: So, I want to talk a little bit about writing and the role, we cannot cover all these questions today, but I want to focus our talk around some basics on writing but also kind of elevating that to some other ideas. Why do you think for a professional within these fields of research or study, why do you think writing, it feels very basic to ask that question but, humor me, why you think writing is important? I: Why is writing important? As a scholar, writing is one of the main ways we get our ideas out to a broader audience. I feel that teaching needs to include the writing aspect where students can go over the material, think about the structure of an argument, and look at how we make a case. Marshal evidence, draw the reader in, give a twist that surprises people, and then try to get to a conclusion that gets people to a new place.

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