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Robert A. Karl
@RAKarl
Colombia past + present; author of #ForgottenPeace/#LaPazOlvidada. Host, @research_craft. Prof @MinervaUni; frmly @Princeton, @the_IAS
Jun 9, 2021 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Como llevo varios meses alejado de Twitter, no he opinado sobre el paro nacional. Pongo aquí algunas de mis observaciones como historiador, que quizás otr@s han postulado 1/ La masacre de Santa Bárbara, de 1963, no me parece la comparación histórica más adecuada, ya que la represión la hizo el Ejército y en un municipio de provincia. Busqué episodios menos conocidos 2/
Jan 4, 2021 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
#academictwitter, do your new year's resolutions include being more organized when it comes to research? Here are some tips to help make that happen 1/ This workflow uses @zotero + Google Drive to centralize article/book PDFs in a cloud-synced folder. No more exporting PDFs to read on your tablet, no more searching around a dozen folders w/ names like Research Downloads (Recent Recent) youtube.com/playlist?list=… 2/
Aug 29, 2019 • 54 tweets • 23 min read
More thoughts on my book #ForgottenPeace + the nearly 3-year-old peace process in Colombia, after today's news that a group of FARC commanders are rearming 1/ I was supposed to spend today revising a much-overdue article on the FARC's founding myths + preparing a presentation on Colombia's current security situation for an upcoming international conference on asylum. Both questions come together in today's news 2/
Jun 21, 2019 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
How to get archive catalog entries from PDF to a spreadsheet, using Zotfile and regular expressions. Still plan to do a video on this later, but for now here’s the process via thread. #twitterstorians #regex 1/ What you'll need: app to mark up the PDF (I use iAnnotate on the iPad; Preview works too), @Zotero plus Zotfile, non-Word text editor (I use TextMate on Mac; hear Notepad++ is great for PC) for regular expressions, spreadsheet app 2/
Jun 3, 2019 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
Rising college junior who's just declared as a history major? Congratulations! Interested in getting a jump on next year + beyond? Following several conversations I've had on this IRL, here are a couple pieces of advice. #twitterstorians 1/ These are largely things I would cover in a junior methods seminar. Hopefully your dept. has one; maybe it comes as a senior capstone. Whatever the case, it's never too early or late to start thinking about working more efficiently or improving your writing 2/
Feb 15, 2019 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Trump’s emergency declaration + what it means for US democracy over the medium to long term has echoes in my research on Colombian politics in the 20th century 1/ Under Colombia’s 1886 constitution (in place until 1991), the president could declare a state of siege “in cases of foreign war, or internal upheaval.” This gave him authority to suspend existing legislation, issue extraordinary decrees 2/
Jan 9, 2019 • 23 tweets • 9 min read
With #AHA19 out of the way, the new year has begun for #twitterstorians. If one of your resolutions is to do research more effectively, here are my methods videos from 2018. In this thread, I'll break down the videos w/ separate links for each section Using the library. This also introduces the color-coding scheme that undergirds keeping my entire approach to organizing research materials.
Oct 6, 2018 • 118 tweets • 29 min read
El 6 de diciembre se cumplirá el 90o aniverario de la masacre de las #bananeras Para conmemorar la masacre, voy a tuitear durante los próximos meses sobre los momentos claves de la movilización social que culminó en la masacre y sobre los efectos de la masacre. #bananeras90
Oct 6, 2018 • 106 tweets • 27 min read
December 6 is the 90th anniversary of the massacre of Colombian banana workers, which García Márquez's 100 Years of Solitude made one of the best-known events in Colombian history I'll be tweeting over the coming months to commemorate significant moments in the mobilization leading up to December 6 + in the massacre's long aftermath. #bananeras90
Jul 21, 2018 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
I visited 16 archives on 3 continents, took digital photos of 100K+ pgs of archival material, + gathered thousands more pgs in other formats to write #ForgottenPeace. As a result, I have a comprehensive system of archival methodologies + best practices #twitterstorians I’ve given yearly workshops on these methods to colleagues, grad students, + undergrads @Princeton, as well as @UConnHistory. I’ve long thought of recording the presentations, both to share these ideas w/ a larger audience + to get feedback to improve my own practices
Jun 4, 2018 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
It’s that time of year for tenure/job/fellowship announcement tweets. I have my own professional news to share, but it’s not like most of what’s out there

I wasn’t awarded tenure + will be leaving Princeton this time next year It's been as seismic a development as one might expect. And tenure’s an inhumane process regardless of outcome. So there have been no shortage of difficult moments since the decision came down in the fall

But you know what? I’ve never once thought about it in terms of failure
Sep 30, 2017 • 29 tweets • 6 min read
Start of the academic year is a great time to adopt new practices for research/organization/productivity. #twitterstorians Now that semester’s settled in, some tips. In rough order of usefulness. Most helpful for all levels, from undergrad up, across disciplines