Post by bladesparks on Nov 3, 2013 19:37:39 GMT -6
A very interesting concept, especially since I am all about good research.
LINK: www.hroarr.com/hema-scholar-awards/hema-scholar-awards-2013/
EXCERPT:
"Hi everyone!
As we all know HEMA has many different aspects that are all equally important in our shared effort in recreating these forgotten martial arts. Lately, tournaments have received much attention and the top fighters are household names for all of us involved in HEMA. This is really cool and exciting to see and we are very happy for it!
However, all of our success rests on the hard work of researchers, transcribers, translators and interpreters, hard work that often receives little recognition or actual reward in the way that tournament fighting does, not least since much work is done silently and generously published online for free.
This, some of us feel is both unfortunate and possibly also somewhat dangerous for the future development of HEMA as we risk stagnation in the field of research. So, HROARR wishes to put the spotlight on examples of great researchers to be inspired by, for the future generations.
With this in mind, and acting as a neutral party within the HEMA community, HROARR is now introducing annual awards for Best efforts in HEMA research, with all aspects it includes. The idea is to create a highly prestigious award, our very own Oscar or Nobel Prize, if you will. The name for this new prize is the HEMA Scholar Awards.
Each year 5 winners will be awarded. Nominations will be up to the community to send in, and decisions are based on actual achievements during the preceeding year, not through community voting. At this time, all published work has to have been written in English, except for transcriptions, of course. Decisions will be made by a panel chosen anew each year by the HROARR management. All winners will be invited into the new juries for the following year.
All winners will be presented on a special awards page, where the winners for each year are listed with their achievements.
I sincerely hope this will serve as both an inspiration and an encouragement for all the hard working people in our community!
Thank you and have a great day, everyone!
Roger Norling"
LINK: www.hroarr.com/hema-scholar-awards/hema-scholar-awards-2013/
EXCERPT:
"Hi everyone!
As we all know HEMA has many different aspects that are all equally important in our shared effort in recreating these forgotten martial arts. Lately, tournaments have received much attention and the top fighters are household names for all of us involved in HEMA. This is really cool and exciting to see and we are very happy for it!
However, all of our success rests on the hard work of researchers, transcribers, translators and interpreters, hard work that often receives little recognition or actual reward in the way that tournament fighting does, not least since much work is done silently and generously published online for free.
This, some of us feel is both unfortunate and possibly also somewhat dangerous for the future development of HEMA as we risk stagnation in the field of research. So, HROARR wishes to put the spotlight on examples of great researchers to be inspired by, for the future generations.
With this in mind, and acting as a neutral party within the HEMA community, HROARR is now introducing annual awards for Best efforts in HEMA research, with all aspects it includes. The idea is to create a highly prestigious award, our very own Oscar or Nobel Prize, if you will. The name for this new prize is the HEMA Scholar Awards.
Each year 5 winners will be awarded. Nominations will be up to the community to send in, and decisions are based on actual achievements during the preceeding year, not through community voting. At this time, all published work has to have been written in English, except for transcriptions, of course. Decisions will be made by a panel chosen anew each year by the HROARR management. All winners will be invited into the new juries for the following year.
All winners will be presented on a special awards page, where the winners for each year are listed with their achievements.
I sincerely hope this will serve as both an inspiration and an encouragement for all the hard working people in our community!
Thank you and have a great day, everyone!
Roger Norling"