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The SACCADES Project: Amazing digital novel and work of art

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Jul 212012

A saccade, according to Wikipedia, is a quick, simultaneous movement of both eyes in the same direction. The word appears to have been coined in the 1880s by French ophthalmologist Émile Javal, who used a mirror on one side of a page to observe eye movement in silent reading, and found that it involves a succession of discontinuous individual movements.

Doug Belshaw on "The Importance of Webmaking"

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Jun 222012

You can read Doug's entire post at dmlcentral.net/blog/doug-belshaw/importance-webmaking.

Follow him on Twitter at @dajbelshaw.

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Excerpts from "The Importance of Webmaking":

Building the Future of Work and Culture: Announcing CultureCon 2012!

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Jun 162012

Venessa Miemis of Emergent By Design fame blogs about what it's like to be part of a tribe, part of a culture of like-minded folks, and presents some upcoming events/conferences where this sort of thing will be on the docket. Check out her blog here.

Jentery Sayers & Sheila Brennan awarded University of Michigan Press/HASTAC prize

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Jun 162012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

University of Michigan Press
www.press.umich.edu

Press contact:
Shaun Manning
Academic Marketing Manager
734-763-0163
shaunman@umich.edu

Jentery Sayers & Sheila Brennan awarded University of Michigan Press/HASTAC prize

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Jun 152012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
University of Michigan Press
www.press.umich.edu

Press contact:
Shaun Manning
Academic Marketing Manager
734-763-0163
shaunman@umich.edu

Exploring culture, technology, and design: Onomy Labs founders offer lessons for cross-disciplinary innovation

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Apr 032012

Three experts on the intersections of technology and culture, including HASTAC Executive Board member Anne Balsamo, will visit the University of Iowa April 2 and 3 to talk about imagination, collaboration, and innovation.

Imagining the Future of the University

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Mar 202012

Lisa Spiro (@lisasprio) has written a review for the Chronical of Higher Education, of the recent De Lange Conference, "The Future of the Research University in a Golden Age" at Rice University.

At the conference, John Seely Brown (JSB) and HASTAC's own Cathy Davidson spoke about the need for reconceiving education:

Born This Way Foundation Launched Feb. 29

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Mar 102012

Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation launched Wednesday, Feb. 29, at Harvard University, with a few notable celebrities in the mix. Here are some links to news of the Born This Way Foundation:

Born This Way Foundation

Video of the launch event at Harvard, including