It’s 2011, and I’m moving back to the desert from Los Angeles, and I thought “what better way to mark that occasion than to revive the Carnival of The Arid?” So I’m reviving the Carnival of The Arid.
In 2009 we held the CoTA for about six months running, and response was good and varied. You can see the archives here. Though participation slackened a bit by the end of the run, I think 18 months is enough time for everyone to have built up a good backlog of deserty posts.
A blog carnival, for those of you unfamiliar with the term, is a recurring event in which bloggers submit posts for inclusion in a big list of posts, often but not always centered on a particular theme. A good example is the Tangled Bank, a very popular blog carnival devoted to the sciences launched by PZ a few years back.
Submissions — due Feb. 10 — should have something to do with a desert somewhere in the world. (If you’re not sure whether your work is desert-related, check out this definition at Wikipedia, and if you’re still not sure, send it in anyway.) Submissions can be scientific in nature, or history, or travelog. Images are welcome, photographic or otherwise. Discussions of culture and politics are welcome if they’re desert-related. The one restriction, other than geographical, is that — at least when I’m compiling it — paeans to destroying the desert probably won’t make it. (Developers and ORVers take note.) Paeans to preserving or protecting the desert are fine, as are alerts of current pressing issues.
So spread the word. Submissions can be linked here in comments or emailed to me by Feb. 10 at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). If you know of someone whose work might qualify, let them know, or let me know, or both. Retweet and email and link from Facebook and send telegrams. Thanks!
1 comment on "The Return of Carnival of The Arid: February 15"
I’d like to submit this post. from late December, about a western-desert-related quote.