Posts tagged Humanities Computing

Decoding Digital Humanities #2, August 26

Dear Digital Humanists, Next Thursday 26th , 5.30-7.30 we will meet again in the Prince Albert Hotel, 191 Grattan Street, Carlton, to discuss digital humanities in the pub. ‘Decoding Digital Humanities’ is an informal monthly get together i…

Internet meets Society (politics on the web links)

I gave a lecture today in a first year breath subject at the University of Melbourne on the web and its use within politics. I have listed the sites shown here (from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 approaches) (link to ppt. presentation) Melbourne Indymedia http://…

The Anxiety of Digital Humanities

Digital humanities is an anxiety-ridden set of practices at the intersection of humanities research and computer technology. But the worst thing that could befall DH is forced collective psychotherapy or free prescriptions for Prozac. As long as we are…

Internet meets Society (web resources)

I gave a lecture today in a first year breath subject at the University of Melbourne on the web and its use within politics. I have listed the sites shown here. Melbourne Indymedia http://indymedia.org.au/melbourne S11.org(ant-globalisation protest mov…

EngD Scholarship at UCLDH

(This is going to be a great project – looking at the use of 3D scanning in a Museum environment. We are working with a major London museum – cant reveal who until we have a memorandum of understanding worked out, but it will be a very interesting and …

Google digital humanities project: GAP Project

A new Google digital humanities project has been awarded to Leif Isaksen and Elton Barker of the HESTIA project whose workshop I attended recently at Oxford. Having good humanities scholars such as this drive Googles agenda on access and interpretation…

Decoding Digital Humanities (Melbourne)

A small group of Digital Humanities enthusiasts met at the Prince Alfred Hotel in Carlton to discuss all things digital in the humanities.  We did this in conjunction with UCL’s Centre for Digital Humanities in London who hold a similar monthly …

where’s my dinosaur party?

From a post on lifehacker, aboutHow to Deal with Distractions in a Web Worker’s World,comes this fantastic cartoon (which came my way via @expertsleepers).I need to give this to all my MA students who are wading through writing their dissertations righ…

In the online money

My 6 monthly royalty statement came in from OUP for Image to Interpretation today. A cheque enclosed! for the princely sum of £10.23!… but what is interesting about this is that most of the revenue was my (tiny) cut of the proceeds made from selling…

Decoding Digital Humanities – Melbourne Chapter

I said in the post below that I would post more details about the Decoding Digital Humanities reading group who will be meeting in Melbourne, Australia, on thurs 29th July, at the Prince Alfred Hotel, 191 Grattan Street, 5.30- 7.30pm. More information …

# tag at Digital Humanities 2010

#dh2010 This # will be used on Twitter and blog posts for the Digital Humanities 2010 Conference (including workshops; 5-10 July)

Decoding Digital Humanities (Melbourne Chapter)

In conjunction with University College London’s Centre for Digital Humanities, Decoding Digital Humanities is an informal monthly get together in the pub to discuss all things digital in the humanities.  This is an opportunity to meet others wor…

DH2010, Review, #DH2010

(Opening Address, Digital Humanities 2010) Digital Humanities 2010, King’s College London, 7-10 July, 2010. Members of the VeRSI team attended the Digital Humanities Conference at King’s College London (7-10 July); the annual conference of the Asso…

As a discipline, we suck online (boo! to Times Higher Ed)

The UK Times Higher Ed published an article about the closing plenary lecture at the Digital Humanities conference in London. But I feel that there is some miscommunication happened. Something was lost from what the speaker, Dr Melissa Terras, perhaps …

THATCamp Canberra: Applications Closes July 23

Just a reminded that applications for THATCamp Canberra; the Humanities and Technology Camp (28-29 August), closes on July 23. These are excellent events and I would encourage digital humanists to attend. I just attended THATCamp London and there were …