What I envisage

I envisage a lot of dialogue and learning taking place here. I'm not so much bothered about the end product as how we arrive there. I will rely on the more experienced scholars to fill in the gaps in my education as we go along, and hopefully everyone can keep the discussion on a plain-English level, for the benefit of readers (within reason, i.e. assuming a general interest in academic matters and an ability to follow an intellectual conversation). Less common technical terms can be explained as we go along.