Krin Gabbard asks: What's happened to Screen-L? Katie Hawks replies: I think your mistake is to assume that this list is made up only of film scholars. So, this becomes *Krin's* mistake. Interesting. It was also *my* mistake, when I first subscribed to the list--in 1993. I don't think the mistake is ours, BTW. I think that rather than accomodating the needs of those "non-academically trained individual with an interest in film" (in the words of Katie Hawks) who feel alienated by theoryspeak, they should be redirected to another kind of film discussions, such as Cinema-L. CINEMA-L, a lively list also devoted to film, provides an entertaining forum for folks wanting to chat more informally about the movies. Its address is [log in to unmask] This might also be an answer to Deborah Smith's query. >So while the questions about the history of theory may seem "naive" >to you; it's evidence of one of the most significant failings in the >humanities -- that we've done a very poor job of translating our >technologies (technologies of thought, or perception, or language) >oustide of our relatively narrowly defined disciplines. It's no >wonder that no one wants to fund us :) Are you invoking some kind of popularizing strategy? Leave that to Siskel&Ebert. :-) Gloria Monti ******************************************************************* gloria monti american studies, yale university e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://pantheon.cis.yale.edu/~godard/index.html "he was blessed with the happiness and the nonchalant courage that come of living according to one's principles." james traub, about william kunstler ******************************************************************* ---- To sign off SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]